Legal Profession Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9A · Law Practice Entities
155. Effect of company becoming law corporation
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A law corporation is authorised to do anything that a solicitor can do by law and is required to do all that a solicitor is required to do by law.
law corporation
“law corporation” means a company licensed as a law corporation under section 153;
Subsection (1) does not apply to the doing of anything that can only be done by a solicitor as a natural person.
solicitor
“advocate and solicitor”, “advocate” and “solicitor” mean an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
A regulated legal practitioner who provides legal services as a director or employee of a law corporation is subject to the same standards of professional conduct and competence in respect of such services as if he or she were personally providing the legal services as a regulated legal practitioner in a law firm.
regulated legal practitioner
“regulated legal practitioner” means an advocate and solicitor or a regulated foreign lawyer;
The mere fact that a regulated legal practitioner personally provides legal services as a director or employee of a law corporation does not affect the personal liability of that regulated legal practitioner at law.
legal services
“legal services” means the legal services which a solicitor can lawfully perform under this Act;