ADLS Incorporation

• Law News - One Society Questions & Answers (27 June 2008)
• ADLS Letter to Members (31 July 2008)
• Law News - Postal ballot for Vote on Incorporation (8 August 2008)
• Response to ADLS Letter from Messrs Haynes, Gilchrist, Darlow & Moore (11 August 2008)
• ADLS Reply to Messrs Haynes, Gilchrist, Darlow & Moore Letter (12 August 2008)
• Law News - Members Should Vote for Incorporation (15 August 2008)
• ADLS Press Release Announcing Incorporation (22 August 2008)
• ADLS Statement from President Keith Berman (25 September 2008)

The Lawyers & Conveyancers Act was passed by Parliament in March 2006. The Governor-General has, by Order in Council, appointed 1 August 2008 as the date that the LCA comes into force.

The following Rules and Regulations, made under the LCA, have also been approved:

• Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008
• Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Nominee Company) Rules 2008
• Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Indemnity) Rules 2008
• Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Complaints & Standards Committees) Regulations 2008
• Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Trust Account) Regulations 2008
• Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Practice Rules) Regulations 2008
• Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Admission) Rules 2008
• Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Senior Counsel & Queen’s Counsel) Regulations 2008
• Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Disciplinary Tribunal) Regulations 2008
• Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Fidelity Fund) Regulations 2008
• Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Legal Complaints Review Officer) Form and Fee Regulations 2008

The Act can be accessed on the government's legislation website and this, together with all the Rules and Regulations, are available from the Law Society Store