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37. Legal profession




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Received:


16 September 1976

Journal articles:


C Parker, "Justifying the New South Wales legal profession 1976 to 1997" (1997) 2 Newcastle Law Review 1
 

Discussion Paper 1:


The Legal Profession: General Regulation, April 1979



[An Outline of the Discussion Paper was also published]

Discussion Paper 4:


The Legal Profession: Structure of the Profession (Parts 1 and 2), May 1981



[Outlines of both Parts of the Discussion Paper were also published]

Background Paper 4:


The Legal Profession: Structure of the Profession, August 1981

Report 31:


First Report on the Legal Profession: General Regulation and Structure, April 1982



[An Outline of the Report was also published]



Tabled in Parliament 6 April 1982

Legislative Action:


Legal Profession Act 1987

Judicial citation:


Wentworth v NSW Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 239 at 241
New South Wales Bar Association v Murphy (2002) 55 NSWLR 23 at para 6



 

Discussion Paper 2:


The Legal Profession: Complaints, Discipline and Professional Standards, April 1979



[An Outline of the Discussion Paper was also published]

Background Paper 1:


The Legal Profession: Complaints, Discipline and Professional Standards, May 1979

Judicial Citation:


Law Society of New South Wales v Moulton [1981] 2 NSWLR 736 at 757

Background Paper 3:


The Legal Profession: Complaints, Discipline and Professional Standards, October 1980

Report 32:


Second Report on the Legal Profession: Complaints, Discipline and Professional Standards, April 1982



[An Outline of the Report was also published]



Tabled in Parliament 6 April 1982

Legislative Action:


Legal Practitioners (Further Amendment) Act 1980



Legal Profession Act 1987

Judicial citation:


Sedgwick v Law Society of New South Wales (NSW CA, No 40111/92, 13 April 1993, unreported) per Kirby P at 11 and 15
New South Wales Bar Association v Murphy (2002) 55 NSWLR 23 at para 6



 

Discussion Paper 5:


The Legal Profession: Advertising and Specialisation, October 1981

Report 33:


Third Report on the Legal Profession: Advertising and Specialisation, July 1982



[An Outline of the Report was also published]



Tabled in Parliament 9 August 1982

Judicial citation:


APLA Ltd v Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (2005) 219 ALR 403 (HC) at para 315

Legislative Action:


None recommended



 

Discussion Paper 6:


The Legal Profession: Solicitors’ Trust Accounts and the Solicitors’ Fidelity Fund, October 1981

Judicial Citation:


Vassiliadis v Law Society of NSW (1997) 41 NSWLR 383 at 388



Re: Gianacas; ex Parte: The Official Receiver (1983) 77 FLR 345

Background Paper 5:


The Legal Profession: Solicitors’ Trust Accounts and the Solicitors’ Fidelity Fund, December 1981

Report 44:


Fourth Report on the Legal Profession - SolicitorsTrust Accounts, December 1984



[An Outline of the Report was also published]



Tabled in Parliament 19 May 1985

Legislative Action:


Legal Profession Act 1987



 

Discussion Paper 3:


The Legal Profession: Professional Indemnity Insurance, December 1979



[An Outline of the Discussion Paper was also published]

Background Paper 2:


The Legal Profession: Professional Indemnity Insurance, January 1980

Legislative Action:


Solicitors (Professional Indemnity) Regulations 1980



 

Options Paper 1:


Solicitors’ Costs and Conveyancing, January 1984

Legislative Action:


Legal Profession Act 1987

Judicial Citation:


Sande v The Registrar, Supreme Court of Queensland (1996) 64 FCR 123 per Lockhart J at 573

Note:


See also Reference 2: Legal Practitioners Act; Reference 79: Scrutiny of the legal profession; Reference 84: Barristers' practising certificates; Reference 102: Review of Part 10 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW)
 


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