`principal` means a lawyer holding a certificate of principal practice within the meaning of the legislation on the legal professions. The Uniform Act does not prescribe different categories of practice certificates, but distinguishes practice requirements in terms of conditions attached to an Australian internship certificate. For example, what can currently be referred to as the Director`s Certificate of Practice is designated under the Uniform Act as an Australian Practitioner`s Certificate, which is subject to a condition that the holder has the right to act as a principal of a law firm. “Affiliate” means an entity that is not part of the legal practice, but that provides legal or administrative services to a law firm, including but not limited to: Section 269 para. 1 provides that a “consumer case” is a complaint about a lawyer or law firm in connection with the provision of legal services to the complainant by the lawyer or law firm and, in the opinion of the LRA, should be resolved through the performance of duties. as regards consumer issues. “Legal Professions Legislation” means a law of a state or territory that governs legal practice and the provision of legal services. “Lawyer`s Engagement” means a lawyer or law firm that hires another lawyer to provide legal services to a client. A law firm without legal capacity is an alternative corporate structure that is a partnership or a company or group without legal capacity that is authorized to provide legal services, but does not include a law firm, community legal department or registered law firm. Multidisciplinary partnerships are a form of unregistered legal practice. “Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct” means the conduct of an Australian lawyer in the course of the practice of the law, which does not meet the standard of competence and diligence that a member of the public may expect from a reasonably competent Australian lawyer. “Matter” means any legal service that is the subject of a assignment or that must be provided by the lawyer or law firm in order to fulfill a mandate and includes the services to: A government lawyer who is an Australian lawyer.
“Corporate Solicitor” means an Australian lawyer who acts solely as in-house counsel for his or her employer or an affiliate. “Trust” is defined in the relevant legislation: the Trust Companies Act 1964 (NSW), the Trust Companies Act 1968 (QLD), the Trust Companies Act 1984 (VIC), the Trust Companies Act 1988 (SA), the Trust Companies Act 1953 (CAS), the Trust Companies Act 1987 (WA) and the Trust Companies Act 1947 (ACT). An Australian lawyer is a person admitted to the Australian legal profession in an Australian jurisdiction. This term includes the exercise of law or the provision of legal services, but not participation in political work (including the development and commentary of legal policy). “Australian Lawyer” means an Australian lawyer who holds or holds a certificate from the Australian Bar. `regulatory authority` means a body referred to in the legislation of the legal professions which is responsible for regulating the activities of lawyers within that jurisdiction. “lawyer” means a person or law firm authorized to practise as a lawyer. This definition replaces the term “demanding customer” and is relevant to the application of the provisions of the Uniform Act respecting legal fees and consumer complaints.
“Commitment” means the engagement of a lawyer or law firm to provide legal services to a case. “Australian Certificate of Practice” means a certificate of ongoing practicum issued in accordance with the laws of the Australian jurisdiction for the legal professions. Australian Registered Foreign Lawyer” has the same meaning as set out in the legislation for the legal professions. “Australian Role” means a list of practitioners maintained under the laws of the Australian jurisdiction. “Client” with respect to the lawyer or the lawyer`s law firm means a person (and not a limited lawyer) for whom the lawyer is engaged to provide legal services to a case. Subsection 269(2) defines a “cost dispute” as a consumer matter that involves a dispute over legal fees payable on a client lawyer`s basis if the dispute exists between a lawyer or law firm and a person who is burdened or required to pay those legal fees (whether as a client of the lawyer or law firm or as a third-party payer). “Barrister” means an Australian lawyer whose Australian lawyer`s certificate is subject to the condition that the holder has the right to engage in legal practice only as a lawyer or in the manner of a lawyer. Legal professionals should familiarize themselves with the law, rules and uniform administrative provisions of the Bar. There are terminological changes that intergovernmental lawyers should be aware of. The most important terms are summarized below. “Litigation Fee” means amounts that have been or may be charged to an individual by a law firm for the provision of legal services, including fees, but without interest, or that are or may be payable by a law firm.
“Legal services” means work performed or performed in the course of normal legal practice. “Order” means a judgment, decision or decision. In the Uniform Act, these conditions apply to a person called to the bar in a participating jurisdiction and to a person admitted to practise in non-participating jurisdictions. “Former Customer” within the meaning of Rule 10.1 may include a natural or legal person who has already given instructions: “Customer Documents” means the documents to which a Customer is entitled. “Lawyer with designated responsibility” means the lawyer who is ultimately responsible for a client`s case or the lawyer who is responsible for supervising the lawyer who controls a client`s case. “Authorised deposit-taking institution” has the same meaning as an authorised deposit-taking institution within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959 (Cth). “material benefit” means a service that has significant value in relation to the financial resources and assets of the person wishing to provide the benefit. “Party” means any person or entity that is collectively a party to a matter. “Discrimination” means discrimination that is unlawful under the applicable anti-discrimination or human rights laws of the State, Territory or Federation. “Managed investment system” has the same meaning as in Chapter 5C of the Corporations Act, 2001 (Cth). `ongoing proceedings` means proceedings which have not yet been decided, including proceedings in which there is still a real possibility that a decision will be taken, heard or decided. This is a certificate of registration issued under the Uniform Act, or a certificate of registration issued to a foreign lawyer, or a document confirming the registration of a foreign lawyer under a law of a non-participating jurisdiction that authorizes the lawyer to practice foreign law.
In another category defined in the Uniform Rules. “Disqualified Person” means any of the following persons, whether or not it is the matter that occurred to them before or after the commencement of this definition: a reference to a participating jurisdiction is a reference to New South Wales, Western Australia and Victoria. Any other State or territory that adheres to the Uniform Law Regime shall also become a participating jurisdiction. “Workplace Bullying” means bullying that is unlawful under applicable anti-discrimination or human rights laws of the state or territory. If there is no such legal definition, it is conduct consistent with the definition on which the Australian Human Rights Commission relies to implicate bullying in the workplace. In general, this includes repeated less favourable treatment of a person by another person or persons in the workplace, which can be considered an inappropriate and inappropriate practice in the workplace. This includes behaviours that can be expected to intimidate, insult, humiliate or humiliate. “Mortgage Financing” means the facilitation of a loan secured or intended to be secured by a mortgage – “Employer” in respect of a corporate lawyer means a person or entity (other than another lawyer or law firm) that employs or employs the lawyer, whether or not the person or entity pays or contributes to the lawyer`s salary.
`worker` means a person who is or is not employed in or under a contract of employment or services in or by an undertaking: `immediate family` means the spouse (the expression of which may de facto include a spouse or partner of the same sex) or a child, grandchild, brother or sister, parent or grandparent of a lawyer. `serious criminal offence` means an offence which is: it is a general description of the person or entity exercising a power or function under the uniform law or rules. “Prosecutor” means a lawyer who acts on behalf of the complainant or the Crown in criminal proceedings. As a public servant or employee of a government agency; or “compromise” means any form of resolution of a case, whether on the basis of a formal offer under the rules or procedures of a court or otherwise.