| Transfer of Legal Practitioner |
Guideline: State
Number: 36 Effective Date: 12/09 |
| An applicant who wishes to change legal practitioner and continue to receive legal aid must write to the Commission to request approval of the change, setting out the reasons for the request. Approvals are not granted automatically, and must be justified by the circumstances.
An applicant or a legal practitioner acting for an applicant who wishes to brief the hearing of a matter to another legal practitioner (including a barrister) must write to the Commission to request approval. Approvals will not necessarily be given, and any approval will only be granted on the basis that the brief be offered to a Commission legal practitioner in the first instance. |
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