Study of the professions: legal : final report / Trade Practices Commission
- Bib ID:
- 113870
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Australia. Trade Practices Commission
- Description:
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- Canberra : Commonwealth of Australia, 1994
- x, 277 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0642114080
- Summary:
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The study examines, from a national perspective, the implications for competition and the public interest of the regulatory arrangements applied to the legal profession in the States and Territories and recommends a range of reforms directed to enhancing competition and efficiency.
- Full contents:
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- Pt. 1. Overview, conclusions, and recommendations
- Chapter 1: Executive summary
- 1.1. The need for regulatory reform
- 1.2. Competition and the regulation of legal services
- Chapter 2. Overview of the findings of the study
- 2.1. Structural regulation - proposals for change
- 2.2. Conduct regulation - proposals for change
- 2.3. Other regulatory issues - proposals for change
- 2.4. Implementation of reforms
- Chapter 3: The Commission's approach to the study
- 3.1. Objectives of the study
- 3.2. Scope of the study
- 3.3. Framework for the analysis of competition issues
- Pt. 2. Structural regulation - proposals for reform
- Chapter 4: Regulation of entry to the legal services market
- 4.1. Regulation reserving legal work for lawyers
- 4.2. Commission draft report conclusions
- 4.3. Submissions on the draft report
- 4.4. Assessment of entry regulations
- Chapter 5: Regulations which divide the legal profession
- 5.1. Regulations and rules which divide the profession
- 5.2. Effect on competition and the public
- 5.3. Draft report conclusions
- 5.4. Submissions on the draft report
- 5.5. Assessment of Bar rules which divide the profession
- Chapter 6: Specialist accreditation for legal practitioners
- 6.1. Current accreditation schemes
- 6.2. Specialisation, competition and the public interest
- 6.3. Draft report conclusions
- 6.4. Submissions on the draft report
- 6.5. Assessment of specialist accreditation
- Chapter 7: Regulation of lawyer business structures
- 7.1. Regulations restricting business
- 7.2. Effects on competition and the public interest
- 7.3. Draft report conclusions
- 7.4. Submissions on the draft report
- 7.5. Assessment of business structure rules
- Pt. 3. Conduct regulations - proposals for change
- Chapter 8: Reform of fee scales and pricing practices
- 8.1. Regulation of solicitors' fees
- 8.2. Regulation of barristers; fees
- 8.3. Legal fee setting arrangements
- 8.4. Contingency fees
- 8.5. Legal fee reform in New South Wales
- 8.6. Legal fees in the market place
- 8.7. Fee regulation, competition and the public interest
- 8.8. TPC draft report conclusions
- 8.9. Submissions on the draft report
- 8.10. Assessment of fee scales and pricing practices
- Chapter 9: Advertising, promotion and information dissemination
- 9.1. Regulation of advertising by lawyers
- 9.2. Advertising, competition and the public interest
- 9.3. Draft report conclusions
- 9.4. Submissions on the draft report
- 9.5. Assessment of advertising regulations
- Chapter 10: Discipline and complaint handling arrangements
- 10.1. Current disciplinary arrangements
- 10.2. Public interest and competition issues
- 10.3. Draft report conclusions
- 10.4. Submissions on the draft report
- 10.5. Assessment of disciplinary arrangements
- Pt. 4. Otherregulatory issues - proposals for change
- Chapter 11: Restrictions on professional indemnity insurance
- 11.1. Solicitors' insurance schemes
- 11.2. Barristers' insurance schemes
- 11.3. Premiums, claims and coverage
- 11.4. Competition and public interest issues
- 11.5. Draft report conclusions
- 11.6. Submissions on the draft report
- 11.7. Assessment on professional indemnity insurance
- Chapter 12: Other regulatory issues
- 12.1. Queen's counsel and related regulations
- 12.2. Legal professional privilege
- 12.3. Tax deductibility of litigation expenses
- Pt. 5. Implementation of reforms
- Chapter 13: Application of the Trade Practices Act to the legal profession
- 13.1. Application of the Trade Practices Act to the legal profession
- 13.2. Regulatory reform in areas beyond the reach of the Trade Practices Act
- Appendix A. The market for legal services
- Appendix B. Regulation of the legal profession
- Appendix C. Regulation of non-lawyers involved in conveyancing
- Appendix D. List of submissions received on the draft repor
- Notes:
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- "March 1994."
- "This is the TPC's final report on its study of competition and regulation in the legal profession" --Pref.
- Includes bibliographical references.
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