LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 136 Requirements for making complaints

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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 136

136 Requirements for making complaints

(1) A complaint must be in writing.

(2) A complaint must:

(a) identify the complainant and the legal practitioner against whom the complaint is made, and

(b) describe the alleged conduct of the legal practitioner the subject of the complaint.

(3) The Commissioner, or the Council to which a complaint is referred for investigation, may require the complainant to do either or both of the following:

(a) to give further information about the complaint,

(b) to verify the complaint, or any further information, by statutory declaration.