Legal Profession Act 2006

(a) further information is not given, or the complaint or further information is not verified, as required by the Society under section 474; or

(b) the complaint is vexatious, misconceived, frivolous or lacking in substance; or

(c) the complaint was made more than 3 years after the conduct complained of is alleged to have occurred, unless a decision is made under section 473 in relation to the complaint; or

(d) the conduct complained about has been the subject of a previous complaint that has been dismissed; or

(e) the conduct complained about is the subject of another complaint; or

(f) it is not in the public interest to deal with the complaint having regard to the fact that the name of the Australian legal practitioner to whom the complaint relates has already been removed from an Australian roll in which the practitioner was enrolled; or

(g) the Society is satisfied it is otherwise in the public interest to dismiss the complaint; or

(2) The Society may dismiss a complaint under this section without completing an investigation if, having considered the complaint, it forms the view the complaint requires no further investigation.