In March 2020, the Directors of the Legal Board approved the recommendations of the Professional Ethics Committee regarding the examination. The Legal Board is currently working with Uniform Law and other state and territorial jurisdictions to implement the revised ASCR in accordance with the processes of those jurisdictions. For more information on how the legal profession is regulated in Australia, click here. The New South Wales Legal Services Commissioner investigates complaints and can make decisions on consumer complaints and disciplinary complaints concerning unsatisfactory professional conduct (but not professional misconduct) and impose sanctions or order appeals. The Commissioner may delegate the investigation of complaints to the NSW Law Society or the NSW Bar Association. Complaints of unsatisfactory professional conduct may be referred to the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Court (and complaints of professional misconduct must be forwarded) for disciplinary, compensation and other orders. An NCAT decision recommending removal from the list is referred to the Supreme Court. The following rules are out of date. See the rules relating to lawyers in the Uniform Law on the Legal Profession. The ASCR is a statement of lawyers` professional and ethical obligations under legislation, common law and equity.

However, they also express the profession`s collective vision of the standards of behaviour expected of professionals. Solicitor, Solicitor, Australian Solicitor, Solicitor, Solicitor, Overseer, Queen`s Advocate or Senior Advocate www.lawsociety.com.au/ www.nswbar.asn.au/ www.lawcouncil.asn.au/ www.austbar.asn.au/ www.legalservicescouncil.org.au/ The commentary is not intended to be the only source of information on the rules – much information is available from the constituent bodies of the Legal Council to discuss the application of the ASCR to the diversity of situations encountered in legal practice. For more information, please refer to Legal Council`s public consultation paper entitled Public Consultation Paper on Short-Term Assistance Services. ASCRs were approved by the Directors of the Law Council in June 2011 and adopted as professional rules for lawyers in South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria (and soon Western Australia), Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory. ASCRs have been adopted in accordance with the procedures of each jurisdiction, which vary considerably. The Northern Territory currently has its own Code of Conduct. Certificates of Practice for Lawyers Issued or Renewed by the Law Society of New South Wales Practising Lawyers` Certificates issued or renewed by the New South Wales Bar Association The Law Council of Australia (LCA) develops professional rules, rules of legal practice and CPD rules for lawyers The Australian Bar Association (ABA) develops a code of professional conduct, Rules of Legal Practice and CPD Rules for Lawyers The Conseil des services juridiques makes the rules of professional conduct developed by the ACA and the ABA, the rules of legal practice and the CPD on uniform rules for the legal professions. The Australian Solicitors Conduct Rules (ASCR) have been developed jointly by all state and territory bar associations and other constituent professional bodies of the Law Council, as agreed professional rules for all lawyers in Australia. Following the ASCR review, further amendments to Rule 42 (Anti-discrimination and harassment) were proposed. This new revision of Rule 42 is the result of the Law Council`s National Anti-Sexual Harassment Roundtable in July 2020 and subsequent consultations that fed into the Law Council`s National Action Plan to Reduce Sexual Harassment in the Australian Bar Association (NAP). olsc.nsw.gov.au/ www.lawsociety.com.au/ www.nswbar.asn.au/ The Legal Board regularly reviews the ASCR in consultation with its constituent bodies, regulators and other relevant stakeholders. The Professional Ethics Committee of the Legal Council supervises these examinations with the assistance of the Secretariat of the Legal Council.

As a result of the above-mentioned reviews, the Legal Board is currently working with the jurisdictions of the States and Territories in the application of the Uniform Laws in order to apply the revised rules in accordance with the procedures of those jurisdictions. The Australian Solicitors Conduct Rules 2011 were updated in March and April 2015. With the exception of the deletion of former rule 29.12.5, the minor amendments did not change the content of the Rules of Procedure. A copy of the ASCR as currently in effect is available here. Rule 11 of the Legal Profession Uniform Legal Practice (Solicitors) Rules 2015 (formerly NSW Rule 58) requires the following forms to be used in New South Wales: In jurisdictions for the harmonization of laws, Article 427(2) of the Uniform Act empowers the Legal Council to prepare proposals for uniform rules for legal practice, professional development and conduct of the legal professions; to the extent that they apply to or concern lawyers. Legal Professions Admission Council Supreme Court of New South Wales A copy of the consultation discussion paper on the Legal Council review of 1 February 2018 is available here. In 2018, the Legal Board began the first comprehensive review of the ASCR since its first promulgation in June 2011. The current commentary responds to the ASCR, which is currently in effect. The Directors of the Legal Board decided that, following the implementation of the above-mentioned reviews, an expanded commentary would be developed for the revised ASCR.