Legal Practitioners Amendment Act 1920 (NSW)

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS

AMENDMENT ACT.

Act No. 29, 1920.

A n Ac t to admit Richard Denis Meagher to prac­ tise as an attorney, solicitor, and proctor of the Supreme Court of N e w South Wales ; to amend the Lega l Practitioners Act of 1898, and the Charter of Justice ; and for purposes consequent thereon or incidental thereto.

[Assented to, 29th December, 1920.]

BE it enacted by the King's M o s t Excellent M a j e s t y .

by and with the advice and consent o f the Legis­

lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and b y the authority of
the same, as follows :—
1 . This Act may be cited as the "Legal Prac­ titioners Amendment Act, 1920."

2. Prom and after the passing of this Act, Richard

Denis Meagher shall, notwithstanding anything con­
tained in the Charter of Justice or the Legal Practitioners
Act of 1898, be admitted to appear, practise, and act,

and continue to appear, practise, and act as an attorney,

attorneys, solicitors, and proctors.

solicitor, and proctor of the Supreme Court of New
South Wales, and of all and any of its jurisdictions to
all intents and purposes whatsoever, as if he had been

so admitted by the Supreme Court on the date of the passing of this Act notwithstanding any decision of any court heretofore made or given, and notwithstanding any general rule or qualification which the said court has made and established or may make and establish before the passing of this Act for the admission of such

3 . Upon and after tlic passing of tin's Act the said Richard Denis Measlier shall possess all the rights, privileges, and obligations of an attorney, solicitor, and proctor of the said Supreme Court, including the right of audience in all courts whatsoever in which attorneys, solicitors, and proctors of the said Supreme Court now or hereafter shall have such right, and shall be subject as such attorney, solicitor, and proctor to the discipline of the said Supreme Court in respect of any act, omission, or conduct subsequent to the passing of this Act.