18Application for directions – overseas practitioner applicant

18 Application for directions – overseas practitioner applicant

(1)  A person who intends to apply for admission to the legal profession in Tasmania must apply to the Board for directions under rule 21 as to the extent, if any, to which the applicant’s existing qualifications, as an overseas practitioner applicant, may be determined by the Board to be sufficient qualifications for admission, without meeting further academic qualification and practical legal training requirements.

(2)  An application by an overseas practitioner applicant under subrule (1) must include, or be accompanied by, the fee payable under rule 23(1)(b) .

(3)  Unless the Board determines otherwise, an application by an overseas practitioner applicant under subrule (1) must be accompanied by an affidavit –

(a) stating the nature and details of the applicant’s academic qualifications, practical legal training and practical experience; and

(b) including supporting evidence that the applicant has the academic qualification any practical legal training qualification on which the applicant relies; and

(c) including supporting evidence that the applicant has sufficient knowledge of written and spoken English to engage in legal practice in Tasmania; and

(d) including details of the applicant’s admission in the overseas jurisdiction on the basis of which the applicant is seeking admission to the legal profession in Tasmania; and

(e) stating that all conditions, if any, imposed on the applicant’s admission by the admitting authority in the overseas jurisdiction or elsewhere have been satisfied; and

(f) stating that the applicant –

(i) is currently entitled to practise in the legal profession in the overseas jurisdiction or elsewhere; and

(ii) has not been struck off the roll of practitioners in the overseas jurisdiction or elsewhere; and

(iii) is not presently subject to disciplinary inquiry or proceedings in the overseas jurisdiction or elsewhere; and

(g) stating the nature, range and character of the applicant’s practice in the legal profession in the overseas jurisdiction or elsewhere; and