Launceston lawyer Frank Moore is the new President of the Law Society of
Tasmania. He leads the Society’s 16 member Council, which is elected by
legal practitioners from all regions across the State.
Andrew McKee, of Hobart, was elected Vice President, and barrister Greg
Geason becomes the Society’s Treasurer.
Mr Moore said he was looking forward to leadership of the Society in its
important work for the profession and the community.
“The members of the Society’s Council and its many committees are all
volunteers who give generously of their time and expertise for the public
benefit. Through them an extraordinary amount of good work is done in
ensuring access to justice for all in Tasmania, working with Government to
bring about reform of the law, and to eradicate injustice, complexity and
undesirable consequences from new legislation,” Mr Moore said.
The Society is also responsible for the maintenance of professional standards
and continuing education of practising lawyers, so as to ensure the highest
quality of service to the public.
Mr Moore said that one of the great challenges for the Society in the year
ahead is the imminent threat that Tasmanians will lose the right of control of
their own profession and the regulation of legal services in this State.
“A new central bureaucracy being advocated by the Federal Government, in
the interests of large mainland and international law firms, will come at a
great cost to Tasmanians,” he said.
“Our Premier and State Attorney General have, to their great credit, listened to
our concerns, and have resisted these changes. There is, however, continuing
pressure on them, and we have much work to do to ensure that the welfare of
Tasmanian consumers and practitioners is not trampled by those in the big
cities who are advocating their own interests.”
Lucinda Bray
