Right of audience

Current

(1)

Subject to this Act and any other Act, the following persons are entitled to practise before any court or tribunal established under the law of the State:

(a)

the

Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General of the State or of the

Commonwealth, the Crown Solicitor and the Australian Government

Solicitor and the Director of Public Prosecutions; and

(b)

a legal practitioner acting on the instructions of—

(i)

the

Attorney-General of the State; or

(ii)

the

Attorney-General of the Commonwealth; or

(iii)

the

Crown Solicitor; or

(iv)

the

Australian Government Solicitor; or

(v)

the

Director of Public Prosecutions; and

(c)

a legal practitioner acting on the instructions of the Corporate

Affairs Commission; and

(ca)

a legal practitioner acting on the instructions of the Australian

Securities and Investments Commission; and

(d)

a legal practitioner employed by the Legal Services Commission and acting in the course of that employment; and

(da)

a legal practitioner employed by a community legal centre and acting in the course of that employment; and

(e)

a legal practitioner who is practising the profession of law as a principal or a legal practitioner who is acting in the course of employment by such a legal practitioner; and

(f)

a legal practitioner employed by the Society; and

(g)

the

Commissioner (if he or she is a legal practitioner) and a legal practitioner employed by the Commissioner; and

(h)

the

Independent Commissioner Against Corruption and a legal practitioner engaged by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

(2)

A legal practitioner who is an employee of another legal practitioner who is practising the profession of law as a principal is not entitled to appear on instructions from the principal before a court or tribunal as counsel or solicitor for any other person by whom the practitioner is employed or for any client of that other person.

(3)

Where a legal practitioner who is an employee appears as counsel or solicitor before a court or tribunal, any undertaking given by the practitioner in the course of the proceedings is binding on the employer.

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51 Right of audience