Commissioner Update - September 2023
In this issue: announcing a record grants round | Building First Nations cultural capability | Generative AI and lawyers | Guidance on labour hire arrangements and more.
In this issue: announcing a record grants round | Building First Nations cultural capability | Generative AI and lawyers | Guidance on labour hire arrangements and more.
As well as protecting and empowering consumers, and improving legal practice and ethics, the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner has a third area of responsibility: to improve access to justice.
In this issue: our new Access to Justice Policy Statement | Cybersecurity and trust accounts | Guidance on professional boundaries | Owning up to your mistakes and more.
Time is running out to renew your practising certificate.
Two new lawyer members have been appointed to the Victorian Legal Services Board, along with the reappointment of an existing lawyer member.
The May Commissioner Update features our first ever Risk Outlook, a statement on the Human Source Management Act 2023 and more.
While the Human Source Management Act 2023 permits police to register lawyers as human sources and use privileged information in specific circumstances, it does not change lawyers’ regulatory and professional obligat
Alexander Pinnock is not a registered legal practitioner and can’t engage in any type of legal practice
Updates and advice for external examiners. In this issue: Upcoming deadlines | Canaries in the Coal Mine 2023 | A new way to contact us | Important reminders for EE reporting | VLSB+C Risk Outlook and more.
The law practice Lloyd Meridian Legal, formerly operated by the lawyer Roland Voon, is under external intervention and its affairs are being wound up.