Queensland Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION REGULATION 2017 - REG 18

18 Locally registered foreign lawyers not covered by fidelity fund

(1) This section applies to a locally registered foreign lawyer practising foreign law in this jurisdiction otherwise than as an associate of a law practice.

(2) The foreign lawyer may not practise foreign law in this jurisdiction on behalf of a client unless the foreign lawyer has provided the client with a disclosure statement in relation to the foreign lawyer’s lack of cover by the fidelity fund.

(3) A disclosure statement under subsection (2) is not valid unless—

(a) it is in writing; and

(b) it is in English or, if the client does not have a reasonable understanding of English, in some other language of which the client has a reasonable understanding; and

(c) it states that the foreign lawyer is not covered by the fidelity fund in relation to the practice of foreign law in this jurisdiction; and

(d) it states that Australian legal practitioners generally are covered by the fidelity fund.