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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 140

Obligations and privileges of practitioners who are partners or employees of multidisciplinary partnership

    (1)     An Australian legal practitioner who provides legal services in the capacity of a partner or employee of a multidisciplinary partnership—

        (a)     is not excused from complying with professional obligations as an Australian legal practitioner, or any other obligations as an Australian legal practitioner under any law; and

        (b)     does not lose the professional privileges of an Australian legal practitioner.

    (2)     The law relating to client legal privilege (or other legal professional privilege) is not excluded or otherwise affected because an Australian legal practitioner is acting in the capacity of a partner or an employee of a multidisciplinary partnership.



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