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Lawyers: professional indemnity requirements in Queensland

Cover for legal liability arising from professional advice or services, written on a claims-made basis.

Data as at

Verified for Queensland

  • Licence liability condition: Yes, and the Act makes the consequence explicit rather than implied: section 60 lists as a ground for amending, suspending or cancelling a local practising certificate that "the certificate holder does not have, or no longer has, professional indemnity insurance that complies with this Act". Losing cover is losing the certificate. QLD · effective 2007-07-01 Queensland Government · 2026-08-24
  • Licence evidence required: Compliance is required for grant and renewal, and the obligation is continuing — the cancellation ground bites at any point during the certificate, not only at renewal. QLD · effective 2007-07-01 Queensland Government · 2026-08-24
  • Licensing body: The legal profession regulator for the jurisdiction, under the Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld). The credential is a local practising certificate, granted and renewed annually. QLD · effective 2007-07-01 Queensland Government · 2026-08-24

What contracts commonly ask for

Principals and head contractors set their own insurance requirements, and those are frequently higher than a licence condition. The requirement that binds is the higher of the two, and both have to be read from the actual document.

What this cover costs

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