LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 147
General obligations of legal practitioner partners
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 147
General obligations of legal practitioner partners
147 General obligations of legal practitioner partners
(1) Each legal practitioner partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership is,
for the purposes only of this Act, responsible for the management of the legal
services provided in this jurisdiction by the partnership.
(2) Each legal
practitioner partner must ensure that appropriate management systems are
implemented and kept to enable the provision of legal services by the
multi-disciplinary partnership—
(a) under the professional obligations of
Australian legal practitioners and other obligations imposed under this Act;
and
(b) so that the obligations of legal practitioner partners, and employees
who are Australian legal practitioners, are not affected by other partners and
employees of the partnership.
