We welcome the publication of submissions to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia, including the joint submission Community Legal WA made with The Piddington Society, The Law Society of Western Australia, the Association of Corporate Counsel and Women Lawyers of Western Australia – Inc..
The effective regulation of legal practice is essential to upholding justice and protecting the public, ensuring lawyers provide safe, competent legal services — strengthening public confidence in the profession and safeguarding the rule of law.
Identified issues with the Legal Practice Board’s operations, governance and ongoing administrative delays are holding community legal services back, taking time and resources away from supporting Western Australians who urgently need legal help.
Read the article here: WA Legal Practice Board slammed by lawyers in scathing parliamentary submissions – ABC News