Regulatory Guides
The Legal Services Commission publishes regulatory guides which set out the factors we take into account in exercising our regulatory responsibilities in grey areas where it is uncertain how a lawyer’s professional obligations apply, most relevantly our responsibilities:
- to mediate consumer disputes including costs disputes between lawyers and their clients; and
- to decide after investigating a lawyer’s conduct if it is inconsistent with his or her professional obligations and whether to commence disciplinary proceedings.
For information about the regulatory guides, how we will go about developing them and - importantly - their status, see: Regulatory Guides: An Overview .
For the Commission's latest draft regulatory guides see the Consultations page.
Regulatory Guides issued to date
- Charging Outlays and Disbursements
- Advertising Personal Injury Services
- Charging Fees in Speculative Personal Injury Matters
- Advertising Personal Injury Services on the Internet
- Advertising Personal Injury Services on Internet Search Engines and Non-Lawyer Websites
- Itemised Bills & Explanatory Notes
- The Application of the Australian Consumer Law to Lawyers
Draft Guides in preparation
• Billing Practices - Key Principles
• Lump Sum Costs Agreements
Further information regarding the draft guides is located on the Consultations page.