Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts Without limiting
section 402 or 403, the following conduct is capable of
constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional
misconduct —
(a)
conduct consisting of a contravention of this Act or a previous Act;
(b)
charging of excessive legal costs in connection with the practice of law;
(c)
conduct in respect of which there is a conviction for —
(i)
a serious offence; or
(ii)
a tax offence; or
(iii)
an offence involving dishonesty;
(d)
conduct of an Australian legal practitioner as or in becoming an insolvent
under administration;
(e)
conduct of an Australian legal practitioner in becoming disqualified from
managing or being involved in the management of any corporation under the
Corporations Act;
(f)
conduct of an Australian legal practitioner consisting of a failure to comply
with an order of the Complaints Committee, or the State Administrative
Tribunal or Supreme Court exercising jurisdiction under this Act or an order
of a corresponding disciplinary body made under a corresponding law (including
but not limited to a failure to pay wholly or partly a fine imposed under this
Act, a previous Act or a corresponding law);
(g)
conduct of an Australian legal practitioner in failing to comply with a
compensation order made under this Act or a corresponding law.