Letterhead and other identifying documents
10 Letterhead and other identifying documents
An
Australian-registered foreign lawyer must indicate, on the lawyer's website (if any) and in each public document distributed by the lawyer in connection with the lawyer's practice of foreign law, the fact that the lawyer is an Australian-registered foreign lawyer and is restricted to the practice of foreign law.
Subclause (1) is satisfied if the lawyer includes on the website or in the public document the words—
"registered foreign lawyer" or "registered foreign practitioner";
and
"entitled to practise foreign law only".
An
Australian-registered foreign lawyer may (but need not) include any or all of the following on the lawyer's website (if any) and on any public document:
an indication of all foreign countries in which the lawyer is registered to engage in legal practice;
a description of themselves, and any law practice with which the lawyer is affiliated or associated, in any of the ways designated in clause 9.
In this clause—
public document includes any business letter, statement of account, invoice, business card, and promotional and advertising material.
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