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In some jurisdictions in Australia privilege may also extend to journalists, [29] (Shield laws), and priests [30] It may also be invoked in a Public interest, [31] or Matters of State [32] issue. Settlement Negotiations may also be privileged. [33] Spousal privilege is held to be non-existent in Australian Common Law.
This resulted in the creation of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules 2015 [8] and the Legal Profession Uniform Conduct Barristers' Rules 2015. [9] The States and Territories of Australia are regulated through co-regulation, self-regulation and independent regulation.
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The Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) is an Australian public servant and a federal government agency of the same name which provides legal advice to the federal government and its agencies. AGS was originally the Crown Solicitor's Office , which was established on 1 July 1903 on the appointment of Charles Powers as the first Commonwealth ...
Along with the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner, the Law Society sets and enforces professional standards, [5] licenses solicitors to practise, investigates complaints and administers discipline to ensure both the community and the profession are properly served by ethical and responsible solicitors. The coat of arms of the Law Society ...
"the solicitor must obey the law, and, in particular, he must comply with the rules made under the authority of statute for the conduct of the profession. If the rules require him to disclose his client's affairs, then he must do so." Statutory abrogation of the duty is limited in scope and purpose however.
The Crown Solicitor of South Australia provides legal services to South Australian government Ministers, agencies and departments. In the early days of the colony the titles of Advocate-General, Crown Solicitor and Public Prosecutor were bestowed together. That changed in 1850 due to the ill-health of then Advocate-General, William Smillie.
The Solicitor-General is required to provide independent legal advice to the government of Western Australia. The Solicitor-General does not provide advice to members of the public, unless permitted to do so by a right of private practice granted by the Governor under s. 6 of the Solicitor-General Act 1969 (WA).