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Michael Kirby has described legal professional privilege as an "important human right deserving of special protection for that reason". [3] The Australian Law Reform Commission has adopted the terminology 'client legal privilege', as opposed to 'legal professional privilege', on the basis the privilege is held by the client not the lawyer. [4 ...
Generally, the term is used in the context of Commonwealth countries, where the single profession of barrister and solicitor is provided by statute. In some jurisdictions (e.g., New South Wales , Queensland in Australia), there is a distinction between barristers and solicitors; legal practitioners must practise as either one or the other, and ...
There are several ways to gain admission to the bar, including: three years of training followed by the bar exam; five years of legal professional experience followed by the bar exam; a Ph.D. in law followed by either the bar exam or 3 years of legal professional experience; or possession of high academic qualifications in legal sciences (e.g ...
The society provides support and public advocacy for the legal profession. The society originated as an informal meeting of solicitors in Brisbane, on the 7th of August 1873, and was formalised as the "Queensland Law Association" in 1883. In 1927, it was incorporated under the current name, the "Queensland Law Society".
In Tanzania, professional ethics for the members of private bar (advocates) are regulated by the Advocates Act, Cap. 341 which is principal legislation and the Advocates (Professional conducts and Etiquette) Regulations, 2018 (Government Notice No. 118 of 2018) which is subsidiary legislation enacted by the National Advocates Committee (formerly known as the Advocates Committee).
The Law Council was formed in 1933 to unite the various state legal associations to represent the profession at a national level and at an international level. [2] Gordon Hughes, a former President of the Law Council, has written a book on the Law Council's history titled The Law Council of Australia – the People, the Profession and the Institutions.
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