RPA Alert 8, February 2014
RPA Alert #8, February 2014, is available for download (112KB PDF). This Alert discusses the importance of lawyers’ undertakings.
View ArticleSolicitor pleads guilty to professional misconduct after misleading the...
A St Kilda solicitor who recklessly mislead the Legal Services Commissioner has pleaded guilty to two counts of professional misconduct in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The Legal...
View ArticleFine, conviction for engaging in unqualified legal practice
A non-lawyer who undertook legal work on behalf of a client, has been found guilty of engaging in unqualified legal practice. Keysborough resident Mr Lew Batten appeared before the County Court in...
View ArticleLawyer disqualified after trust account breaches
A Brighton solicitor who caused a deficiency in a trust account and failed to fully comply with the directions of a trust account inspector has been disqualified from legal practice until 2015. The...
View ArticleRPA Alert 9, March 2014
RPA Alert #9, March 2014, is available for download (324KB PDF). This Alert covers the 2014 Board election and contains details of how to nominate for candidacy.
View ArticleFake fined for unqualified legal practice after billing friend for legal work
Unqualified people who give legal advice, provide legal services or represent others at court without revealing their unqualified status, are being warned by the legal regulator that they face the...
View ArticleSolicitor’s tax offences lead to finding of professional misconduct
A solicitor who breached his tax obligations over an extended period has been found guilty of professional misconduct in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Mr Robert Booth, who formerly...
View ArticleLawyer banned from practice until 2018 for falsifying statutory declarations...
A lawyer who made two false statutory declarations to the Legal Services Board, and who falsified her employment record on two CVs provided to prospective employers, has been found guilty of misconduct...
View ArticleLegal Services Board 2014 Election
The Legal Profession Act 2004 requires that the Board hold an election for the three legal practitioner member positions every four years. The current term of the three legal practitioner members...
View ArticleLawyers must hold the correct practising certificate to receive trust money
A Melbourne lawyer, Mr Geoffrey Ripper, who received trust money from a client without holding the correct type of practising certificate has been reprimanded in the Victorian Civil and Administrative...
View ArticleLegal Profession Uniform Law passes Victorian Parliament
The Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Bill 2013 passed the Victorian Parliament today. Lawyers from Victoria and New South Wales will soon be regulated by the same legislation. For more...
View ArticlePractising certificate renewals – 2014-2015
The practising certificate renewals cycle for 2014-2015 will commence on Monday, 24 March 2014. The deadline for renewing your practising certificate without incurring a surcharge is 30 April 2014. You...
View ArticleLegal Services Board 2014 election results
The results of the 2014 Legal Services Board election have been announced by the Victorian Electoral Commission. The Board has issued a media release about the election results, and the 2014 Board...
View ArticleRPA Alert 10, May 2014
RPA Alert #10, May 2014, is available for download (333KB PDF). This Alert announced the results of the 2014 Board election.
View ArticleRPA Alert 11, May 2014
RPA Alert #11, May 2014, is available for download (452KB PDF). This Alert announces the consultation period for the proposed Victorian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules.
View ArticleRPA Alert 12, June 2014
RPA Alert #12, June 2014, is available for download (99KB PDF). This Alert deals with Uniform Legal Profession Regulation.
View ArticleChanges to practising certificate processing
From Friday 20 June 2014, all practising certificate functions will be handled by the Legal Services Board. This means the Board will issue practising certificates, process applications for the...
View ArticleLegal Profession Uniform Law information updated
The Legal Services Board and Commissioner have updated the website content relating to the Legal Profession Uniform Law. Visit the Legal Profession Uniform Law page to see what will and what will not...
View ArticleWe are moving office
Please note, that from 1 September 2014 the Legal Services Board will be moving to a new office and our contact details will change. Our new contact details will be as follows: Address: Level 5, 555...
View ArticleRPA Alert 13, August 2014
RPA Alert #13, August 2014, is available for download (433KB PDF). This Alert covers the Board and Commissioner moving to new premises, and that the LSB Online facility will be unavailable during that...
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