Last Updated: 24 June 2022

[LEP 100] Registrar may investigate without a complaint100 

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(1) The Registrar may investigate the conduct of a legal practitioner or a law firm or any employee or agent of any practitioner or any law firm, if the Registrar has reason to believe that the conduct may amount to professional misconduct or unsatisfactory professional conduct, even though no complaint has been made about the conduct or a complaint made under section 99 by any person or entity has been withdrawn.
(2) The Registrar shall investigate the conduct of a legal practitioner or a law firm or any employee or agent of any practitioner or any law firm, if the conduct has been referred to the Registrar by a judicial officer for any alleged professional misconduct or unsatisfactory professional conduct.