Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) For the application of any law (including the common law) or legal profession rules relating to conflicts of interest to the conduct of an Australian legal practitioner who is:
(a) a legal practitioner partner of a multi-disciplinary partnership; or
(b) an employee of a multi-disciplinary partnership;
the interests of the partnership or any partner of the multi-disciplinary partnership are also taken to be those of the practitioner concerned (in addition to any interests that the practitioner has apart from this subsection).
(2) Legal profession rules may be made for or with respect to additional duties and obligations in connection with conflicts of interest arising out of the conduct of a multi-disciplinary partnership.
Note for section 158
Under section 157, an Australian legal practitioner who is a partner of an multi-disciplinary partnership must comply with the same professional obligations as other practitioners.