Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 216

216 Simplified outline of ch 3

(1) This chapter contains provisions regulating various aspects of the legal profession with the aim of ensuring that law practices and lawyers operate effectively in the interests of justice, their clients and the public interest.

(2) The following is a general outline of the contents of this chapter—

(a) part 3.2 provides for the making of legal profession rules to regulate persons who may engage in legal practice, or the practice of foreign law, in this jurisdiction and for the regulatory bodies to provide for administrative matters in administration rules (including indemnity rules);

(b) part 3.3 regulates the receipt, handling of and accounting for trust money by law practices;

(c) part 3.4 sets out the requirements for law practices for disclosures to clients regarding legal costs, the making and setting aside of costs agreements in relation to legal services, the billing of costs for legal services and the assessment of legal costs;

(d) part 3.5 requires particular lawyers and foreign lawyers to obtain professional indemnity insurance covering their legal practice in this jurisdiction;

(e) part 3.6 establishes a system for compensation for defaults by law practices arising from acts or omissions of associates.

(3) Subsection (2) is intended only as a guide to readers as to the general scheme of this chapter.