Part 6 trust money provisions of the Legal Practice Act 1996 (Vic) did not apply to receivers appointed under Part 9, as Part 9 was intended to cover the field regarding receipt and handling of trust moneys by such receivers. A legal practitioner employed by the Law Institute who was appointed receiver was a 'corporate practitioner' not required to hold professional indemnity insurance. The Legal Ombudsman's compulsory power under s 149 to require a practitioner to explain conduct must be exercised with sufficient particularity to enable the practitioner to understand the alleged wrongful conduct, and a demand for documents unrelated to the scope of a complaint amounts to an impermissible fishing exercise. The 'reason to believe' threshold for own-motion investigations under s 145(2) must be assessed objectively. However, the practical significance of these holdings is limited as the Legal Practice Act 1996 was repealed and replaced by the Legal Profession Act 2004.
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