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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 180

Foreign lawyer employing Australian legal practitioner

    (1)     An Australian-registered foreign lawyer may employ one or more Australian legal practitioners.

    (2)     Employment of an Australian legal practitioner does not entitle an Australian-registered foreign lawyer to practise Australian law in this jurisdiction.

    (3)     An Australian legal practitioner employed by an Australian-registered foreign lawyer may practise foreign law.

    (4)     An Australian legal practitioner employed by an Australian-registered foreign lawyer must not:

        (a)     provide advice on Australian law to, or for use by, the Australian-registered foreign lawyer; or

        (b)     otherwise practise Australian law in this jurisdiction in the course of that employment.

    (5)     Subsection (4) does not apply to an Australian legal practitioner employed by a law firm a partner of which is an Australian-registered foreign lawyer, if at least one other partner is an Australian legal practitioner.

    (6)     Any period of employment of an Australian legal practitioner by an Australian-registered foreign lawyer cannot be used to satisfy a requirement imposed by a condition on a local practising certificate to complete a period of supervised legal practice.



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