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Legal Profession Act 2007
sec.148Obligations of legal practitioner partner relating to misconduct
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### sec.148 Obligations of legal practitioner partner relating to misconduct
Each of the following is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct by a legal practitioner partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership—
unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct of an Australian legal practitioner employed by the multi-disciplinary partnership;
conduct of another partner, not being an Australian legal practitioner, of the multi-disciplinary partnership that adversely affects the provision of legal services by the partnership;
the unsuitability of another partner, not being an Australian legal practitioner, of the multi-disciplinary partnership to be a member of a partnership that provides legal services.
A legal practitioner partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership must ensure that all reasonable action available to the legal practitioner partner is taken to deal with any unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct of an Australian legal practitioner employed by the partnership.
(sec.148-ssec.1) Each of the following is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct by a legal practitioner partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership— unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct of an Australian legal practitioner employed by the multi-disciplinary partnership; conduct of another partner, not being an Australian legal practitioner, of the multi-disciplinary partnership that adversely affects the provision of legal services by the partnership; the unsuitability of another partner, not being an Australian legal practitioner, of the multi-disciplinary partnership to be a member of a partnership that provides legal services.
(sec.148-ssec.2) A legal practitioner partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership must ensure that all reasonable action available to the legal practitioner partner is taken to deal with any unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct of an Australian legal practitioner employed by the partnership.
- (a) unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct of an Australian legal practitioner employed by the multi-disciplinary partnership;
- (b) conduct of another partner, not being an Australian legal practitioner, of the multi-disciplinary partnership that adversely affects the provision of legal services by the partnership;
- (c) the unsuitability of another partner, not being an Australian legal practitioner, of the multi-disciplinary partnership to be a member of a partnership that provides legal services.