Legal practitioners

NCAT hears cases about the unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct of legal practitioners.

Legal practitioner cases are managed through NCAT's Occupational Division.

Application for disciplinary findings and orders

Applications to NCAT for disciplinary findings and orders against a legal practitioner are made by the Bar Council, the Council of the Law Society of NSW, or the NSW Legal Services Commissioner.  

Find out the steps in an application for disciplinary findings and orders against a legal practitioner.

Review of a disciplinary decision

A legal practitioner can apply to NCAT to review a determination of unsatisfactory professional conduct made by the Bar Council or Council of the Law Society of NSW.

Find out the steps in a review of a disciplinary decision about a legal practitioner.

Last updated:

08 Sep 2022

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