(1) An Australian-registered foreign lawyer may use only the following
designations—
(a) the lawyer’s own name;
(b) a title or business name
that the lawyer is authorised by law to use in a foreign country where the
lawyer is registered by a foreign registration authority;
(c) subject to this
section, the name of a foreign law practice with which the lawyer is
affiliated or associated whether as a partner, director, employee or
otherwise;
(d) if the lawyer is a principal of any law practice in Australia
whose principals include both 1 or more Australian-registered foreign lawyers
and 1 or more Australian legal practitioners—a description of the practice
that includes reference to both Australian legal practitioners and
Australian-registered foreign lawyers.
Examples for paragraph (d)—
•
solicitors and locally registered foreign lawyers
(2) An Australian-registered foreign lawyer who is a
principal of a foreign law practice may use the practice’s name in or in
connection with practising foreign law in this jurisdiction only if—
(a) the
lawyer indicates, on the lawyer’s letterhead or another document used in
this jurisdiction to identify the lawyer as an
overseas-registered foreign lawyer, that the foreign law practice practises
only foreign law in this jurisdiction; and
(b) the lawyer has provided the
law society with acceptable evidence that the lawyer is a principal of the
foreign law practice.
(3) An Australian-registered foreign lawyer who is a
principal of a foreign law practice may use the name of the practice as
mentioned in this section whether or not other principals of the practice are
Australian-registered foreign lawyers.
(4) This section does not authorise
the use of a name or other designation that contravenes any requirements of
the law of this jurisdiction concerning the use of business names or that is
likely to lead to any confusion with the name of any established domestic law
practice or foreign law practice in this jurisdiction.
