New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004 - SECT 539

539 Dismissal of complaint

(1) After completion of an investigation of a complaint against an Australian legal practitioner, the Commissioner or a Council may dismiss the complaint in whole or in part if satisfied that:

(a) there is no reasonable likelihood that the practitioner will be found by the Tribunal to have engaged in either unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct, or

(b) it is in the public interest to do so.

(2) The Commissioner or Council may make a compensation order under Part 4.9 if the complaint is dismissed under this section on the ground of the public interest and the complainant requested a compensation order in respect of the complaint.