Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Legal Profession Act 2004 - SECT 3.4.10.

Disclosure if another law practice is to be retained

3.4.10. Disclosure if another law practice is to be retained



(1) If a law practice intends to retain another law practice on behalf of a
client, the first law practice must disclose to the client the details
specified in section 3.4.9(1)(a), (c) and (e) in relation to the other law
practice, in addition to any information required to be disclosed to the
client under section 3.4.9.

(2) A law practice retained or to be retained on behalf of a client by another
law practice is not required to make disclosure to the client under section
3.4.9, but must disclose to the other law practice the information necessary
for the other law practice to comply with subsection (1).

(3) This section does not apply if the first law practice ceases to act for
the client in the matter when the other law practice is retained.

Note An example of the operation of this section is where a barrister is
retained by a firm of solicitors on behalf of a client of the firm. The
barrister must disclose to the firm details of the barrister's legal costs and
billing arrangements, and the firm must disclose those details to the client.
The barrister is not required to make a disclosure directly to the client.