NSW NEW SOUTH WALES

THE LEGAL PROFESSION AMENDMENT (ADVERTISING) REGULATION 2005

On the 1st of September 2005 by a 5-2 majority the High Court of Australia upheld the constitutional validity of a NSW ban on lawyers advertising their services in relation to personal injury claims under Part 14 of the Legal Profession Regulation made under the Legal Profession Act which makes it both an offence and professional misconduct for a barrister or solicitor to publish an advertisement that includes any reference to personal injury or to any legal service that relates to an entitlement to recover money for personal injury.