131
In forceEffect of non-disclosure of provision of certain services
Chapter 2General requirements for engaging in legal practice
Part 2.6Incorporated legal practices and multi-disciplinary partnerships
Division 2Incorporated legal practices
131 Effect of non-disclosure of provision of certain services
(1)
This section applies if:
(a) section 130 applies in relation to a service that is provided to a person who has engaged an incorporated legal practice to provide the service and that the person might reasonably assume to be a legal service; and
(b) a disclosure has not been made under that section in relation to the service.
(2) The standard of care owed by the incorporated legal practice in respect of the service is the standard that would be applicable if the service had been provided by an Australian legal practitioner.
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