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CurrentMaking of complaints
Chapter 4Complaints and discipline
Part 4.4Complaints about Australian legal practitioners
471 Making of complaints
(1) A complaint about the conduct of an Australian legal practitioner may be made by:
(a)
a client of the practitioner; or
(b)
the Law Society; or
(c)
the Statutory Supervisor; or
(d)
any other person.
(2)
A complaint must be in writing.
(3)
A complaint must:
(a)
identify the complainant; and
(b) if possible, identify the Australian legal practitioner about whom the complaint is made; and
(c)
describe the alleged conduct the subject of the complaint.
(4) This section does not affect any other right of a person to complain about the conduct of an Australian legal practitioner.
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