Community law office rules to change
Parliamentary reporter
Changes to the law governing community law offices are proposed in a ’ bill that has been introduced in Parliament at the request of the Law Society.
The bill will give the Law Society the power to waive certain provisions of the existing act which, as they stand, prevent community Jaw centres from working in the manner suggested by a special committee of the society as being the most desirable.
The committee suggested that community law centres should be run by their own communities. It is intended that any community wanting to run a law centre should approach the society to have it. waive those, sections of the Law Practitioners’ Act governing the practice of law without being, qualified. At present, if a community offers legal services to its
residents through a solicitor in its employ; it is technic-; ally setting itself up as a law practitioner. The bill seeks to legalise this practice. It will also allow the laws against advertising and touting for business to be waived in the case of community offices. It is intended that a community run under a trust deed settled between itself and the Law Society will be able to employ a Solicitor
under-a general authority to offer legal services. The bill will enable the society to impose Conditions on such community centres to ensure that they meet only legal work required by residents of the locality which is not being covered by lawyers in the ordinary, course of their practice. The bill was given a first reading and referred to the Statutes Revision Committee for consideration.
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Press, 17 August 1981, Page 10
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