LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 149
Actions of partner who is not an Australian legal practitioner
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 149
Actions of partner who is not an Australian legal practitioner
149 Actions of partner who is not an Australian legal practitioner
(1) A partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership who is not an Australian
legal practitioner does not contravene a provision of this Act merely because
of any of the following—
(a) the partner is a member of a partnership and
the partnership business includes the provision of legal services;
(b) the
partner receives a fee, gain or reward for business of the partnership that is
the business of an Australian legal practitioner;
(c) the partner holds out,
advertises or represents himself or herself as a member of a partnership where
the partnership business includes the provision of legal services;
(d) the
partner shares with another partner the receipts of business of the
partnership that is the business of an Australian legal practitioner.
(2)
Subsection (1) is subject to any other provision that expressly applies to a
partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership who is not an Australian legal
practitioner.
