Actions of partner who is not Australian legal practitioner
156 Actions of partner who is not Australian legal practitioner
A partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership who is not an
Australian legal practitioner does not contravene a provision of this
Act merely because of any of the following:
the partner is a member of a partnership where the business of the partnership includes the provision of legal services;
the partner receives any fee, gain or reward for business of the partnership that is the business of an Australian legal practitioner;
the partner holds out, advertises or represents himself or herself as a member of a partnership where the business of the partnership includes the provision of legal services;
the partner shares with any other partner the receipts of business of the partnership that is the business of an Australian legal practitioner;
unless the provision expressly applies to a partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership who is not an Australian legal practitioner.
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