LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 150
Obligations and privileges of Australian legal practitioner who is partner or employee
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 150
Obligations and privileges of Australian legal practitioner who is partner or employee
150 Obligations and privileges of Australian legal practitioner who is partner
or employee
(1) An Australian legal practitioner who provides legal services in the
capacity of a partner or an employee of a multi-disciplinary partnership—
(a) is not excused from compliance with the professional obligations, or other
obligations under any law, of an Australian legal practitioner; and
(b) does
not lose the professional privileges of an Australian legal practitioner.
(2)
To remove any doubt, it is declared that the law relating to client legal
privilege, or other legal professional privilege, is not excluded or otherwise
affected because an Australian legal practitioner is acting in the capacity of
a partner or employee of a multi-disciplinary partnership.