Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Parente [2019] NSWCA 33

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Parente [2019] NSWCA 33 Hearing dates: 14 February 2019 Date of orders: 27 February 2019 Decision date: 27 February 2019 Before: Basten JA and Meagher JA at [1]; Brereton JA at [36] Decision: (1) Declare that Ugo Parente is not a fit and proper person to remain on the roll of Australian lawyers.

(2) Order that the name of Ugo Parente be removed from the roll of Australian lawyers.

(3) Order that Ugo Parente pay the Law Society's costs of these proceedings, as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – disciplinary proceedings – practitioner convicted of drug supply offences – sentence of imprisonment – whether fit and proper person to be on roll – relief – order removing name from roll of Australian lawyers – whether declaration of professional misconduct should be made – whether declaration that person no longer of good fame and character should be made Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 527C Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), s 25 Legal Practitioners Act 1898 (NSW), s 9 Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW), s 11 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), ss 17, 22, 127, 264, 296, 297

The Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015 (NSW), rr 10, 16, 17 Cases Cited: A Solicitor v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales (2004) 216 CLR 253; [2004] HCA 1 Clearihan v Registrar of Motor Vehicle Dealers (1994) 117 FLR 455 Ex Parte Rofe (1939) 39 SR (NSW) 124 Ex parte Tziniolis; Re the Medical Practitioner's Act (1966) 84 WN (Pt 2) (NSW) 275 In Re a Solicitor; Ex parte The Law Society [1912] 1 KB 302 McBride v Walton (Court of Appeal (NSW), 15 July 1994, unreported) Myers v Elman [1940] AC 282 New South Wales Bar Association v Cummins (2001) 52 NSWLR 279; [2001] NSWCA 284 NSW Bar Association v Maddocks (NSWCA, 23 August 1988, unreported) Parente v R [2017] NSWCCA 284 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v P [2003] NSWCA 320 Prothonotary v Del Castillo [2001] NSWCA 75 Prothonotary v Gregory [2017] NSWCA 101 Prothonotary v Ritchard (NSWCA, 31 July 1987, unreported) R v Peter Michael Clark (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 15 March 1990, unreported) Re Evatt; Ex parte NSW Bar Association (1967) 67 SR (NSW) 236 Re Leardo (1991) 805 P (2d) 948 Re Nadrich (1988) 747 P (2d) 1146 The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Sukkar [2007] NSWCA 341 Ziems v The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1957) 97 CLR 279; [1957] HCA 46 Texts Cited: JM Bennett, A History of Solicitors in New South Wales (1984) Legal Books