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COMPARISON OF OLSC NSW & NSW COUNCILS LEGAL PRACTITIONER TRIBUNAL REFERRAL RATES (2001/02 - 2011/12, 11 years) Source: OLSC NSW Annual reports online http://www.olsc.nsw.gov.au/olsc/lsc_publications/lsc_annualreports.html
800.00

700.00

698.00

600.00

500.00

400.00

300.00

200.00

100.00

74.00 7.142 22.825

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NSW Council

OLSC NSW

Blue column: (Claimed) Number of legal practitioners referred to tribunal from 2001/02 - 2011/12 (11 years)

Red column: Number of written complaints handled from 2001/02 - 2011/12 (in 000's) (11 years) NSW Legal Regulator Average Number of Complaints Received Per Year Average Number Of Practitioners Percentage of Practitioners Tribunal Referral Total Number Rate Percentage Of Written Higher than OLSC NSW Complaints Handled in 11 years

Referred to Tribunal Referred to Tribunal Per Year Per Year From Complaints

OLSC NSW NSW Councils

2075 649.2

6.7 63.4

0.32% 9.77%

N/A 3053%

22,825 7,142