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Professional Conduct

All complaints regarding the conduct of a barrister must, in the first instance, be addressed in writing to the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner (OLSC)

GPO Box 4460
SYDNEY
New South Wales 2001
DX359 Sydney
Facsimile (02) 9377 1888

You can visit the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner's web site by clicking here

If you wish to discuss a matter involving a barrister, prior to lodging a formal complaint in writing with the OLSC, you can telephone them on (02) 9377 1800 or Freecall 1800 242 958 (outside Sydney, Australia only). Alternatively, you may contact the Bar Association on (02) 9232 4055 and ask for the Professional Conduct Department.

Disciplinary & related decisions from various courts and tribunals

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Professional conduct update

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Administrative Decisions Tribunal: Legal Services Division

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Relevant Acts, Rules and Regulations

New South Wales Barristers' Rules (in PDF)

Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW)

Legal Profession Regulation 2002

Papers on disciplinary proceedings

Disciplinary proceedings affecting barristers, by R R Stitt QC & G C Lindsay SC, June 1997 (Revised 28 January 1999)

'Conduct of complaints against barristers', by Jeremy Gormly SC (currently being updated)

'Legal Professional Ethics in Times of Change' by The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG

'Regulation of Barristers' Professional Conduct' by Richard Cogswell

'Ethics and the Advocate' by the Hon Sir Gerard Brennan QC

'Lawyers' Duties to the Court', the Hon Justice Ipp (1998) 144 LQR 63

'Fees in Direct Access Matters', Bar Brief, July 2000, p.5

'Receipt of monies in advance of performing work', by David Bennett QC, Bar Brief, July 2000, p.6

'Solicitors duty to pay Counsel's fees', Law Society Journal, March 1999

'Obligation to Disclose fees under Part 11 of the Legal Profession Act', Ian Harrison SC, Bar Brief, December 2000, p.4

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