Australian Bar Association throws support behind a national legal profession

04/02/2011

Following the Law Council's recent expression of support for the national legal profession, the Australian Bar Association has released a media statement of its own. The president of the ABA, Peter Riordan SC, said that "the Australian Bar Association supports the general thrust of reform in the direction of uniform legal professional structures in all States and Territories".� However, Mr Riordan also struck a note of caution when he warded that "it is necessary to ensure that a careful balance is achieved between self-regulation of the legal profession and government intervention". Learn more>

4 February 2011