Exercise of jurisdiction—legal practitioners
11 Exercise of jurisdiction—legal practitioners
The jurisdiction of the court in an application for admission to the legal profession must be exercised by a Full Court unless the Chief Justice directs otherwise.
The jurisdiction of the court in a proceeding in relation to the grant, renewal, amendment, suspension or cancellation of a practising certificate under the Legal Profession Act 2006 must be exercised by a Full Court.
The jurisdiction of the court in relation to an application under the Legal Profession Act 2006, section 96 or section 97 in relation to the removal of a lawyer’s name from the local roll must be exercised by a Full Court.
Nothing in this section prevents a single judge, in proceedings referred to in subsection (2) or (3), from—
making any findings of fact; or
giving directions of an interlocutory kind.
A single judge who has heard any part of proceedings referred to in subsection (3) for the purpose of making any findings of fact may be 1 of the judges who exercise the jurisdiction of the court in those proceedings under that subsection.
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