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Senior Courts Act 2016

Senior court Judges - Restrictions

144: Judge not to practise as lawyer

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"Judges can't work as lawyers at the same time."

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You cannot work as a lawyer if you are a Judge. A Judge includes an acting Judge, an Associate Judge, and an acting Associate Judge. You must not practise law if you have one of these jobs.

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Part 5Senior court Judges
Restrictions

144Judge not to practise as lawyer

  1. A Judge must not practise as a lawyer.

  2. In subsection (1), Judge includes—

  3. an acting Judge; and
    1. an Associate Judge; and
      1. an acting Associate Judge.