LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 48ZX Designation

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 48ZX

48ZX Designation

(1) A locally registered foreign lawyer may use the following designations:

(a) the lawyer's own name,

(b) the title the lawyer is authorised by law to use in the place outside Australia in which the lawyer is registered by a home registration authority,

(c) subject to subsection (2), the name of any law firm outside Australia with which the lawyer is affiliated (whether as a partner or otherwise),

(d) if the foreign lawyer is a member of any law firm in Australia that includes both locally registered foreign lawyers and domestic lawyers, a description of the firm that includes reference to both domestic lawyers and locally registered foreign lawyers (for example, "Solicitors and locally registered foreign lawyers" or "Australian Solicitors and US Attorneys").

(2) A locally registered foreign lawyer who is a partner of a law firm outside Australia may use the name of the firm in practising foreign law in the State, or use the name in connection with the practice, only if:

(a) the lawyer indicates, on the lawyer's letterhead and any other document used in the State to identify the lawyer as a lawyer, that the law firm practises only foreign law in the State, and

(b) the lawyer has provided the domestic registration authority with a copy of the partnership agreement or other acceptable evidence that the lawyer is a partner of the law firm, and

(c) use of the name does not contravene any requirements of the law of the State concerning use of business names and will not lead to any confusion with the name of any established domestic or foreign law firm in the State.

(3) A locally registered foreign lawyer who is a partner of a law firm may use the name of the firm as referred to in this section whether or not other partners of the firm are locally registered foreign lawyers.