Conduct capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct
70 Conduct capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct
Without limiting section 68 or
69, the following conduct is capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct:
conduct consisting of a contravention of this Act, the regulations or the legal profession rules;
charging of excessive legal costs in connection with the practice of law;
conduct in respect of which there is a conviction for—
a serious offence; or
a tax offence; or
an offence involving dishonesty;
conduct of a legal practitioner as or in becoming an insolvent under administration;
conduct of a legal practitioner in becoming disqualified from managing or being involved in the management of any corporation under the
Corporations
Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;
conduct of a legal practitioner in failing to comply with an order of the Tribunal made under this Act or an order of a corresponding disciplinary body made under a corresponding law (including but not limited to a failure to pay wholly or partly a fine imposed under this Act or a corresponding law);
conduct of a legal practitioner in failing to comply with a compensation order made under this Act or a corresponding law;
conduct of a legal practitioner in failing to comply with the terms of a professional mentoring agreement entered into with the
Society.
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