New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004 - SECT 399

399 Imputed acts, omissions or knowledge

For the purposes of this Part:

(a) anything done or omitted by, to or in relation to:

(i) an Australian legal practitioner, or

(ii) an Australian-registered foreign lawyer (except for the purposes of any provision of this Part prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section),

in the course of acting on behalf of a law practice is taken to have been done or omitted by, to or in relation to the law practice, and

(b) without limiting paragraph (a), the law practice is taken to become or be aware of, or to have a belief as to, any matter if:

(i) an Australian legal practitioner, or

(ii) an Australian-registered foreign lawyer (except for the purposes of any provision of this Part prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section),

becomes or is aware of, or has a belief as to, the matter in the course of acting on behalf of the law practice.