Notice of intention to start providing legal services
115 Notice of intention to start providing legal services
Before a corporation starts to engage in legal practice in this jurisdiction, the corporation must give the prescribed authority written notice, in the approved form, of its intention to do so.
A corporation must not engage in legal practice in this jurisdiction if it is in default of this section. Fine not exceeding 500 penalty units.
A corporation that starts to engage in legal practice in this jurisdiction without giving a notice under subsection (1) is in default of this section until it gives the prescribed authority written notice, in the approved form, of the failure to comply with that subsection and the fact that it has started to engage in legal practice.
The giving of a notice under subsection (3) does not affect a corporation's liability under subsection (1) or (2).
A corporation is not entitled to recover any amount for anything the corporation did in contravention of subsection (2).
A person may recover from a corporation, as a debt due to the person, any amount the person paid to or at the direction of the corporation for anything the corporation did in contravention of subsection (2).
This section does not apply to a corporation referred to in section 112(2)(a) or (b).
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