Compensation orders
534 Compensation orders
(1) A compensation order is an order, made in relation to a complaint against an Australian legal practitioner, to compensate the complainant for loss suffered because of conduct that is the subject of the complaint.
A compensation order consists of one or more of the following:
(a) an order that the practitioner cannot recover or must repay the whole or a specified part of the amount charged to the complainant by the practitioner in relation to specified legal services;
(b) an order discharging a lien possessed by the practitioner in relation to a specified document or class of documents;
(c) an order that the practitioner pay to the complainant, by way of monetary compensation for the loss, a specified amount.
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