Business structures and sustainable regional legal practice: the use of incorporated legal practices by regional, rural and remote legal practitioners
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Article Title | Business structures and sustainable regional legal practice: the use of incorporated legal practices by regional, rural and remote legal practitioners |
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ERA Journal ID | 200809 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Hart, Caroline |
Journal Title | International Journal of Rural Law and Policy |
Journal Citation | 2012 (Special Edition) |
Number of Pages | 17 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
ISSN | 1839-745X |
Web Address (URL) | http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/ijrlp/article/view/2660 |
Abstract | Since 2007 the Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) has offered legal practitioners a wider choice of business structures including sole practitioner, partnership, incorporated legal practice (ILP) or multidisciplinary partnership. In particular, the use of ILPs offers legal practitioners a range of benefits in terms of operating a law firm consistent with business management practices. The status of ILPs, however, comes at a cost of putting in place ‘appropriate management systems’. This paper refers to the legislation and the literature on the range of business structures before giving an insight into the actual choice of business structures used by Queensland regional, rural and remote legal practitioners: what is their awareness of the new business structures? And are there factors inhibiting regional, rural and remote legal practitioners from their use? The paper draws from over 30 interviews with sole practitioners, partners and directors about their choice of business structure. |
Keywords | business structures; sustainable regional, rural and remote legal practice; legal profession |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 480505. Legal practice, lawyering and the legal profession |
480499. Law in context not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Special Edition contains papers and abstracts from the Second National Rural and Regional Law and Justice Conference 2012. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Author retains copyright. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Law |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1w61/business-structures-and-sustainable-regional-legal-practice-the-use-of-incorporated-legal-practices-by-regional-rural-and-remote-legal-practitioners
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