LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 148
Obligations of legal practitioner partner relating to misconduct
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 148
Obligations of legal practitioner partner relating to misconduct
148 Obligations of legal practitioner partner relating to misconduct
(1) Each of the following is capable of constituting unsatisfactory
professional conduct or professional misconduct by a legal practitioner
partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership—
(a) unsatisfactory professional
conduct or professional misconduct of an Australian legal practitioner
employed by the multi-disciplinary partnership;
(b) conduct of another
partner, not being an Australian legal practitioner, of the multi-disciplinary
partnership that adversely affects the provision of legal services by the
partnership;
(c) the unsuitability of another partner, not being an
Australian legal practitioner, of the multi-disciplinary partnership to be a
member of a partnership that provides legal services.
(2) A legal
practitioner partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership must ensure that all
reasonable action available to the legal practitioner partner is taken to deal
with any unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct of an
Australian legal practitioner employed by the partnership.
