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LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM GENERAL RULES 2015 - REG 9

Entitlement to certain titles

9 Entitlement to certain titles

For the purposes of section 12 of the Uniform Law, a person listed in column 3 of an item in the Table below is entitled to take or use the title specified in column 2 of that item in the circumstances specified in column 4 of that item.

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Item Title Person Circumstances
1 Legal practitioner Australian legal practitioner All circumstances
2 Barrister and solicitor, solicitor and barrister, solicitor, attorney, proctor Australian legal practitioner When the Australian legal practitioner holds an Australian practising certificate, other than an Australian practising certificate authorising the practitioner to engage in legal practice as or in the manner of a barrister only
3 Barrister Australian legal practitioner When the Australian legal practitioner holds an Australian practising certificate granted in a fused jurisdiction, or an Australian practising certificate granted in a non-fused jurisdiction that authorises the practitioner to engage in legal practice as or in the manner of a barrister only
4 Counsel Australian legal practitioner All circumstances
5 Senior Counsel or SC Australian lawyer When the Australian lawyer currently holds the status of Senior Counsel as recognised by the High Court or a Supreme Court of any jurisdiction
6 Queen's Counsel or QC, King's Counsel or KC, Her Majesty's Counsel, His Majesty's Counsel Australian lawyer When the Australian lawyer currently holds the appropriate status, as conferred by the Crown in any capacity or as recognised by the High Court or a Supreme Court of any jurisdiction
7 Attorney Australian-registered foreign lawyer When entitled to use the name, title or description by or under a law
8 Attorney Patent attorney When using the expression "patent attorney"
9 Attorney Donee of power of attorney When indicating that the donee holds or is acting under a power of attorney
10 Attorney Attorney-General of any jurisdiction, the Commonwealth or a foreign country All circumstances
11 Solicitor Solicitor-General of any jurisdiction, the Commonwealth or a foreign country All circumstances
12 Lawyer Australian lawyer All circumstances
13 Lawyer Australian-registered foreign lawyer All circumstances



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