Legal Profession Act 2007

For the purposes of this Act, a notice or other document may be served on, or given to, a local legal practitioner or locally registered foreign lawyer by – delivering it personally to the practitioner or lawyer; or sending it by post to the practitioner or lawyer at his or her address for service appearing on the register under section 88 (Register of local practising certificates); or by faxing it to the practitioner's or lawyer's fax number; or by emailing it to the practitioner's or lawyer's email address.

For the purposes of this Act, a notice or other document may be served on, or given to, a law practice by – delivering it personally to a principal of the law practice; or sending it by post to the practice at its usual or last known business address; or leaving it at the practice's usual or last known business address with a person on the premises who is apparently 16 or more years of age and apparently employed there; or faxing it to the practice's fax number; or emailing it to the practice's email address.

A notice or other document may also be served on, or given to, an incorporated legal practice in any other way that service of documents may be effected on a body corporate.