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The rationale for legal professional privilege in an Australian context has been explained in the following ways: [2] encouraging full disclosure of information by a client to a lawyer; promoting compliance with the law by enabling lawyers to give full and considered advice on a client's legal obligations;
The Queensland Law Society is the peak professional body for solicitors in Queensland, Australia. It represents more than 9,000 members, [ 1 ] and is affiliated with the Law Council of Australia . The society provides support and public advocacy for the legal profession.
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 ...
In 2009, Victim Assist Queensland was established to support victims of violent crime and the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal was established bringing together 23 separate civil, human rights and administrative tribunals. In 2010, the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council was established.
Queensland and New South Wales formally split the legal profession between solicitors and barristers; South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory have "fused" the professions of barrister and solicitor, but each state maintains an independent bar for lawyers who solely practice as barristers; and
The independence of most of Ireland in December 1922 as the Irish Free State was marked more by continuity with the British legal system than with change. The Free State later became a Republic in April 1949. The legal profession remained divided between barristers (or abhcóidí in Irish) and solicitors (or aturnaetha in Irish). There was some ...
Professional conduct is the field of regulation of members of professional bodies, either acting under statutory or contractual powers. [1]Historically, professional conduct was wholly undertaken by the private professional bodies, the sole legal authority for which was of a contractual nature.
Legal education in Korea is driven by examination. The profession of barristers, is highly regulated, and the pass rate for the bar exam is around five percent. Prospective attorneys who do pass the exam usually take it two or three times before passing it, and a number of specialized "private educational institutes" exist for prospective lawyers.