New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004 - SECT 189

189 Form of practice

(1) An Australian-registered foreign lawyer may (subject to any conditions attaching to the foreign lawyer’s registration) practise foreign law:

(a) on the foreign lawyer’s own account, or

(b) in partnership with one or more Australian-registered foreign lawyers or one or more Australian legal practitioners, or both, in circumstances where, if the Australian-registered foreign lawyer were an Australian legal practitioner, the partnership would be permitted under a law of this jurisdiction, or

(c) as a director or employee of an incorporated legal practice or a partner or employee of a multi-disciplinary partnership that is permitted by a law of this jurisdiction, or

(d) as an employee of an Australian legal practitioner or law firm in circumstances where, if the Australian-registered foreign lawyer were an Australian legal practitioner, the employment would be permitted under a law of this jurisdiction, or

(e) as an employee of an Australian-registered foreign lawyer.

(2) An affiliation referred to in subsection (1) (b)-(e) does not entitle the Australian-registered foreign lawyer to practise Australian law in this jurisdiction.