Legal Profession Act 2007

This section applies to a show cause event that happens in relation to a locally registered foreign lawyer.

The locally registered foreign lawyer must give the law society both of the following—

within 7 days after the day of the event—notice, in the law society approved form, that the event happened;

within 28 days after the day of the event—a written statement explaining why, despite the event, the person considers himself or herself to be a fit and proper person to be a locally registered foreign lawyer.

However, if a written statement is provided after the 28 days mentioned in subsection (2)(b), the law society may accept the statement and take it into consideration.