Operating a publicly accessible Facebook page offering to answer legal questions for free, with imagery of court buildings and court hierarchy diagrams, constitutes a representation of entitlement to engage in legal practice under s 13(1) of the Legal Profession Act 2008 (WA). A fine of $2,500 for a first offence of this nature, where the offending was low to mid-range in seriousness, is within the discretionary range.
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