LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 208Q Referral of misconduct to Commissioner

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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 208Q

208Q Referral of misconduct to Commissioner

(1) If a costs assessor considers that any conduct of a barrister or solicitor involves the deliberate charging of grossly excessive amounts of costs or deliberate misrepresentations as to costs, the costs assessor must refer the matter to the Commissioner.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, the deliberate charging of grossly excessive amounts of costs and deliberate misrepresentations as to costs are each declared to be professional misconduct.

(2A) A costs assessor may refer any failure by a legal practitioner to comply with a notice issued under section 207, or with any other provision of this Part, to the Commissioner.

(3) Nothing in this section limits the matters which a costs assessor may refer to the Commissioner.