National legal profession reform interim report

09/11/2010

The National Legal Profession Taskforce has released its Interim Report on Key Issues and Funding for the legal profession reform project. For a copy of the interim report, or more background on COAG's National Legal Profession Reform project, visit the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department web site.��

The interim report addresses:

• the constitution of the proposed National Legal Services Board;
• the need for a National Legal Services Ombudsman/Commissioner;
• the role of Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG) policy directions;
• the role of SCAG in disallowing National Rules;
• the application of certain provisions to ‘commercial or government’ clients;
• the centralisation of admissions applications;
• the power to conduct compliance audits; and
• the funding for the proposed national regulatory bodies.

9 November 2010