Foreign lawyer employing Australian legal practitioner
180 Foreign lawyer employing Australian legal practitioner
An Australian-registered foreign lawyer may employ one or more
Australian legal practitioners.
Employment of an Australian legal practitioner does not entitle an Australian-registered foreign lawyer to practise Australian law in this jurisdiction.
An Australian legal practitioner employed by an
Australian-registered foreign lawyer may practise foreign law.
An Australian legal practitioner employed by an
Australian-registered foreign lawyer must not:
provide advice on Australian law to, or for use by, the
Australian-registered foreign lawyer; or
otherwise practise Australian law in this jurisdiction in the course of that employment.
Subsection (4) does not apply to an Australian legal practitioner employed by a law firm a partner of which is an
Australian-registered foreign lawyer, if at least one other partner is an Australian legal practitioner.
Any period of employment of an Australian legal practitioner by an Australian-registered foreign lawyer cannot be used to satisfy a requirement imposed by a condition on a local practising certificate to complete a period of supervised legal practice.
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