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FEDERAL MAGISTRATES ACT 1999 - SECT 24

Duty of legal practitioners to consider whether to advise people to use dispute resolution processes

A legal practitioner acting in proceedings in the Federal Magistrates Court, or consulted by a person considering instituting such proceedings, must consider whether or not to advise:

                     (a)  the parties to the proceedings; or

                     (b)  the person considering instituting proceedings;

about the dispute resolution processes that could be used to resolve any matter in dispute.



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