Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Legal Profession Act 2004 - SECT 4.3.17.

4.3.17. What may the Tribunal order?

(1) The Tribunal may make any one or more of the following orders in relation
to a civil dispute that is the subject of an application-

   (a)  an order that the law practice or Australian legal practitioner, or
        any law practice of which the practitioner is an associate, pay to the
        complainant as compensation a specified amount not exceeding $25 000
        within a specified time (compensation order);

   (b)  in a costs dispute-

   (i)  an order that the complainant pay the amount of legal costs in dispute
        or that the amount of legal costs be reduced by a specified amount
        (not exceeding the amount in dispute);

   (ii) an order that the complainant pay interest on the amount of legal
        costs in dispute at a rate not exceeding the rate for the time being
        fixed under section 2 of the Penalty Interest Rates Act 1983;

   (c)  an order that the law practice or Australian legal practitioner, or
        any law practice of which the practitioner is an associate, waive or
        repay the whole or a specified part of legal costs charged to the
        complainant for any specified legal services;

   (d)  an order that the law practice or Australian legal practitioner, or
        any law practice of which the practitioner is an associate, provide
        specified legal services to the complainant either free of charge or
        at a specified cost;

   (e)  an order that the law practice or Australian legal practitioner, or
        any law practice of which the practitioner is an associate, waive any
        lien held over documents belonging to the complainant and deliver the
        documents to the complainant within a specified time;

   (f)  any other order the Tribunal thinks fit.

(2) If a complainant has lodged an amount with the Commissioner under section
4.3.3, an order under subsection (1) must include directions as to the payment
of that money.

(3) If the Tribunal makes an order under subsection (1)(b)(ii), the interest
is payable from the day specified by the Tribunal, being at least 30 days
after payment of the costs in dispute was demanded.

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