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title: "Complaint, investigation and deadline register for a lawyer respondent (Legal Profession Uniform Law, NSW)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/professional-discipline-and-occupational-regulation/lawyer-complaint-investigation-deadline-register"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a63-lawyer-complaint-investigation-deadline-register"
area_id: "A63"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A63-H20261018-1", "A63-H20261018-2"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Complaint, investigation and deadline register for a lawyer respondent (Legal Profession Uniform Law, NSW)

> Register for a lawyer facing a complaint under Uniform Law Chapter 5: complaint type, 3-year time limit and waiver, notification, submission deadline, investigation steps, determinations and review dates, with an index…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/professional-discipline-and-occupational-regulation/lawyer-complaint-investigation-deadline-register  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

Register for a lawyer facing a complaint under Uniform Law Chapter 5: complaint type, 3-year time limit and waiver, notification, submission deadline, investigation steps, determinations and review dates, with an index of the regulator’s file and the practitioner’s records.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Professional Discipline & Occupational Regulation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/professional-discipline-and-occupational-regulation.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the 3 authorities it cites, for New South Wales.

## When to use it

Open when a NSW lawyer client is notified of a complaint by the Legal Services Commissioner or the Law Society or Bar Council, and keep it current until the matter closes or any tribunal review ends.

## Used for these tasks

- [Build the complaint, investigation and deadline register for a practitioner](https://ailawframework.com/practice/professional-discipline-and-occupational-regulation.md#A63-H20261018-1)
- [Index the regulator's file and the practitioner's records](https://ailawframework.com/practice/professional-discipline-and-occupational-regulation.md#A63-H20261018-2)

## How AI may be used

AI may enter dates and index documents from the file; the lawyer confirms every deadline and the characterisation of the complaint.

**AI may:**

- Enter the complaint date, notices, specified submission periods and decisions from the correspondence
- Index the regulator’s file and the practitioner’s records with dates and sources

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide whether the complaint is a consumer or disciplinary matter
- Must not process client files of the practitioner outside the firm’s approved environment
- Must not contact the regulator or complainant

**The lawyer checks:**

- The submission period specified by the regulator is diarised, with any extension in writing
- The 3-year time limit and any waiver ground have been checked
- Review rights and time limits are diarised from each determination

## Authorities

- [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) ss 265 to 272 (complaints; consumer and disciplinary matters; 3-year time limit and waiver)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-16a)
- [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) ss 276 to 283 (preliminary assessment; notification; submissions by respondent; investigation)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-16a)
- [Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) ss 125, 126 (review by NCAT)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-016)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/professional-discipline-and-occupational-regulation/lawyer-complaint-investigation-deadline-register and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*