Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 16

16 Hearing and deciding particular action without a jury

(1) This section applies if an action in relation to any description of civil liability arising out of the business of practising as an Australian legal practitioner is before a court and any person who may be made liable in that action is indemnified under a contract of insurance under a relevant law.

(2) If, apart from this section, the action may be heard and decided by a jury in that court, the action must be heard and decided by a judge without a jury.