Legal Profession (Barristers) Rules - Australian Capital Territory

Description

You must comply with these rules if you are a legal practitioner practising as a barrister. Ensuring that you comply with these rules shows that you have a high standard of professional conduct, as is required by a legal practitioner.

The rules set out conditions on:

  • advocacy
  • cab-rank rules and briefs
  • confidentiality and conflicts
  • reading
  • continuing professional development
  • disclosure obligations
  • client access
  • advertising
  • specialisation
  • discrimination and sexual harassment.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Act(s) name

Legal Profession Act 2006 Australian Capital Territory

Regulation(s) name

Legal Profession Regulation 2007 Australian Capital Territory

Administering agency

ACT Bar Association

Contact details

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