Appendix 3. List of Abbreviations

Abbreviations Name in full

ABA

Australian Bar Association

ACCC v AMI

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Advanced Medical Institute Pty Ltd

ACLA

Australian Corporate Lawyers Association

ADR

alternative dispute resolution

AGS

Australian Government Solicitor

AIJA

Australian Institute of Judicial Administration

ALRC

Australian Law Reform Commission

ALRC DP 62

Review of the Federal Justice System (1999)

ASIC

Australian Securities and Investment Commission

Aveling

Aveling v UBS Capital Markets Australia Holdings Ltd

the Board

National Legal Services Board

C7

Seven Network Limited v News Limited

CFA

Conditional Fee Agreement

CLE

continuing legal education

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

the Commissioner

National Legal Services Commissioner

Costs Shifting

Costs Shifting—Who Pays for Litigation, ALRC Report 75 (1995)

CPD

continuing professional development

DIAC

Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Draft National Barristers’ Rules

Legal Profession National Rules: Barristers’ Rules 2010

Draft National Law

draft Legal Profession National Law

Draft National Solicitors’ Rules

Legal Profession National Rules: Solicitors’ Rules 2010

Draft National Rules

draft Legal Profession National Rules

EDRM

Electronic Discovery Reference Model

ESI

electronically-stored information

Family Court

Family Court of Australia

Federal Court

Federal Court of Australia

Federal Magistrates Court

Federal Magistrates Court of Australia

FRCP

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 2009 (US)

FRE

Federal Rules of Evidence 2009 (US)

the Guide

Admiralty and Commercial Courts Guide

High Court

High Court of Australia

IBA

International Bar Association

LAT

Less Adversarial Trial

Law Council

Law Council of Australia

Managing Justice

Managing Justice: A Review of the Federal Civil Justice System, ALRC Report 89 (2000)

Model Laws

Legal Profession Model Laws Project Model Provisions

Model Regulations

Legal Profession Model Laws Project Model Regulations

Model Rules

Model Rules of Professional Conduct and Practice

NADRAC

National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council