South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts70—Conduct capable of constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct
or professional misconduct
Without limiting section 68 or 69, the following conduct is capable of
constituting unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct:
(a)
conduct consisting of a contravention of this Act, the regulations or the
legal profession rules;
(b)
charging of excessive legal costs in connection with the practice of law;
(c)
conduct in respect of which there is a conviction for—
(i)
a serious offence; or
(ii)
a tax offence; or
(iii)
an offence involving dishonesty;
(d)
conduct of a legal practitioner as or in becoming an insolvent under
administration;
(e)
conduct of a legal practitioner in becoming disqualified from managing or
being involved in the management of any corporation under the Corporations
Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;
(f)
conduct of a legal practitioner in failing to comply with an order of
the Tribunal made under this Act or an order of a corresponding disciplinary
body made under a corresponding law (including but not limited to a failure to
pay wholly or partly a fine imposed under this Act or a corresponding law);
(g)
conduct of a legal practitioner in failing to comply with a compensation order
made under this Act or a corresponding law;
(h)
conduct of a legal practitioner in failing to comply with the terms of a
professional mentoring agreement entered into with the Society.