Two partners of the defunct personal-injuries law firm Keddies have won an appeal against a decision to deny them practising certificates.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court overturned a finding of the Council of the Law Society that Tony Barakat and Scott John Roulstone were not fit and proper persons to hold a certificate under the state's legal-profession laws.

Won his appeal: Scott John Roulstone. Credit:Nick Moir

The Council suspended Mr Barakat's and Mr Roulstone's right to practice as solicitors in NSW in November 2012 and refused each of their applications for a new certificate for the 2013-2014 financial year in July last year.

Mr Barakat and Mr Roulstone were involved in the long-running Keddies' overcharging scandal in which the high-profile firm many of its disabled and injured clients.