LCRO 116/2015 QO v Standards Committee (14 June 2018) [pdf, 208 KB]
...complaint. 11 Purposes of the Act [58] Evidence of practitioner conduct is to be considered, and reviews determined, with a view to the purposes of the Act which are threefold:3 (a) to maintain public confidence in the provision of legal services; (b) to protect the consumers of legal services; and (c) to recognise the status of the legal profession. [59] Mrs MN’s complaint and the own motion inquiry primarily touch on the first of those. The duty on lawyers to protect a...