Over the course of your legal practice, your circumstances may change. Some changes affect how we can best contact you if we need to, while others can affect your ability to engage in legal practice. This page explains what those disclosures are and when you should make them.
Certain types of lawyers must make an annual contribution to the Fidelity Fund. This needs to be done when you apply for a new certificate, or when you apply to renew your existing certificate. Approved barristers’ clerks and some foreign lawyers are also required to make an annual contribution.
Contribution amounts are set based on a range of factors, including practising certificate type and trust money received in a 12-month period.
To practise law in Victoria, you must be admitted to the legal profession in Australia, or hold a registration certificate as an Australian-registered foreign lawyer.
Professional indemnity insurance (PII) provides law practices with coverage against legal liability that may arise from their professional services.
If you are a lawyer working in private practice or for a community legal service, you must be covered by an approved PII policy before you can practise law in Victoria.
RPA News email bulletin No. 44, issued June 2018
