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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Jurisdiction of High Court and Court of Appeal

266: Lawyer's name may be struck off on application to High Court

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"A lawyer's name can be removed from the lawyers' list by the High Court."

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You can ask the High Court to remove a lawyer's name from the list of lawyers. This can happen if there is a good reason to do so, at any time and in any situation, as stated in section 267. The lawyer must be enrolled as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court under this Act.

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Jurisdiction of High Court and Court of Appeal

266Lawyer's name may be struck off on application to High Court

  1. On application to the High Court in that behalf, the name of a person enrolled as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court under or by virtue of this Act may be struck off the roll for reasonable cause, whenever and wherever it arises, in accordance with section 267.

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  • Section 266: amended, on , by section 22 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 92).