Legal Profession Act 2006
429ACAT orders—employees of solicitors
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429 ACAT orders—employees of solicitors If, after the ACAT has finished considering an application under this part in relation to an employee of a solicitor, the ACAT is satisfied that the employee is guilty of unsatisfactory employment conduct, the ACAT may make 1 or more of the following orders: (a) an order that, after a stated date, no solicitor employ or otherwise remunerate the employee in relation to the solicitor’s practice as a solicitor except with the approval of the law society council;
(b) an order under section 442 (Compensation orders) against the solicitor who employed the employee; (c) an order publicly reprimanding the solicitor who employed the employee or, if there are special circumstances, privately reprimanding the solicitor.