LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 398
Claims by law practices or associates about defaults
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 398
Claims by law practices or associates about defaults
398 Claims by law practices or associates about defaults
(1) This section applies to a default of a law practice arising from or
constituted by an act or omission of an associate of the practice.
(2) A
claim may be made under section 374 by— (a) the law practice, if the
practice is an incorporated legal practice and it suffers pecuniary loss
because of the default; or
(b) another associate of the law practice, if the
other associate suffers pecuniary loss because of the default.