Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Vo; Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Dinh [2024] NSWCA 275

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Vo; Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Dinh [2024] NSWCA 275 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 22 November 2024 Before: Leeming JA; Kirk JA; Stern JA Decision: In 2024/238687: (1) Declare that Mr Dung Quoc Vo is not a fit and proper person to remain on the Roll of Australian lawyers maintained under s 22 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW). (2) Order that Mr Dung Quoc Vo's name be removed from the Roll. (3) Order that Mr Vo pay the Council's costs of and incidental to those proceedings. In 2024/238659: (1) Declare that Ms Thi To Ngoc Dinh is not a fit and proper person to remain on the Roll of Australian lawyers maintained under s 22 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW). (2) Order that Ms Thi To Ngoc Dinh's name be removed from the Roll. (3) Order that Ms Dinh pay the Council's costs of and incidental to those proceedings. Catchwords: LEGAL PRACTITIONERS — Disciplinary proceedings — misappropriation of trust money — practitioners convicted of offences under s 192E(1)(b) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) —declarations that practitioners not fit and proper persons to remain on the Roll of Australian Lawyers – practitioners' names removed from roll Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 192E Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 33 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), ss 22, 165 Cases Cited: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Croke [2024] NSWCA 195 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Duncan [2024] NSWCA 147 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Green [2022] NSWCA 257 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Li [2024] NSWCA 218 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Yoon [2020] NSWCA 141 Hilton v Legal Profession Admission Board [2017] NSWCA 232 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (Applicant in each proceeding) Dung Quoc Vo (Respondent in 2024/238687) Thi To Ngoc Dinh (Respondent in 2024/238659) Representation: Counsel: Carol Webster SC (Applicant)