LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 151
Conflicts of interest
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 151
Conflicts of interest
151 Conflicts of interest
(1) For the application of any law (including the common law) or the legal
profession rules relating to conflicts of interest to the conduct of an
Australian legal practitioner who is—
(a) a legal practitioner partner of a
multi-disciplinary partnership; or
(b) an employee of a multi-disciplinary
partnership;
the interests of the partnership or any partner of the
multi-disciplinary partnership are also taken to be the interests of the
practitioner concerned (in addition to any interests that the practitioner has
apart from this subsection).
(2) Legal profession rules may be made for or in
relation to additional duties and obligations in connection with conflicts of
interest arising out of the conduct of a multi-disciplinary partnership.
