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LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 1981 - SECT 77L

77L—Commissioner must lay charge in certain circumstances

If, after conducting an investigation into conduct by a legal practitioner or former legal practitioner under this Division, the Commissioner is satisfied that—

            (a)         there is evidence of unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct by the practitioner or former practitioner; and

            (b)         the conduct in question cannot be adequately dealt with under section 77J,

the Commissioner must, subject to section 82(2a), lay a charge before the Tribunal in relation to the conduct unless the Commissioner determines that it would not be in the public interest to do so.



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