Western Australian Numbered Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008 (NO. 21 OF 2008) - SECT 137

137 .         Obligations and privileges of practitioners who are partners or employees

        (1)         An Australian legal practitioner who provides legal services in the capacity of a partner or an employee of a multi-disciplinary partnership —

            (a)         is not excused from compliance with the professional obligations, or any obligations under any law, of an Australian legal practitioner; and

            (b)         does not lose the professional privileges of an Australian legal practitioner.

        (2)         The law relating to client legal privilege (or other legal professional privilege) is not excluded or otherwise affected because an Australian legal practitioner is acting in the capacity of a partner or an employee of a multi-disciplinary partnership.