Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 429

(1) Subject to subsection (4), an entity may make a complaint in the approved form to the commissioner about the conduct of an Australian legal practitioner, law practice employee or unlawful operator, including, for example, an entity that--

(a) is or was a client of the law practice; or

(b) is the relevant regulatory authority.

(2) However for a government legal officer, only the following entities may make a complaint about the conduct of the officer in relation to the government work engaged in by the officer--

(a) an Australian legal practitioner;

(b) a relevant regulatory authority;

(c) the chief executive officer, however expressed, of the department or agency in which the officer is a government legal officer or, if the chief executive officer may delegate that power, a delegate.

(3) The complaint must--

(a) identify the complainant; and

(b) if possible, identify the person about whom the complaint is made; and

(c) describe the alleged conduct the subject of the complaint.

(4) The approved form for a complaint may only be approved by the commissioner.

(5) The commissioner may accept a complaint made in writing other than in the approved form.