Show cause procedure for cancellation of local practising certificate following foreign regulatory action
114 Show cause procedure for cancellation of local practising certificate following foreign regulatory action
This section applies if the Law Society is satisfied:
(a) foreign regulatory action has been taken in relation to a local legal practitioner; and
(b) no order mentioned in section 115(1)(b) is, at the time the action was taken, in force in relation to the action taken.
(2) The Society may serve on the practitioner a notice specifying that the Society proposes to cancel the practitioner's local practising certificate unless the practitioner shows cause to the Society why the practitioner's practising certificate should not be cancelled.
(3) The Society must afford the practitioner a reasonable opportunity to show cause why the practitioner's practising certificate should not be cancelled.
(4) If the practitioner does not satisfy the Society that the practising certificate should not be cancelled, the Society may cancel the certificate.
(5) The Society must, as soon as practicable, give the practitioner an information notice for its decision to cancel the practising certificate.
(6) The practitioner may appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision.
(7) The appeal must be started by filing notice of appeal within 28 days after receiving the information notice.
The notice of appeal must state fully the grounds of appeal.
(9) On hearing the appeal, the Court may make the order it considers appropriate.
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