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Lawyers: professional indemnity requirements in South Australia

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

Data as at

Verified for South Australia

  • Licence liability condition: Yes — professional indemnity insurance operates under an approved scheme framework in the Act. The detailed current requirements sit in regulations that could not be retrieved, so the existence of the requirement is established here and its precise terms are not. SA · effective 1981-12-01 South Australia Government · 2026-08-24
  • Licence evidence required: At grant and renewal of the practising certificate. SA · effective 1981-12-01 South Australia Government · 2026-08-24
  • Licensing body: The legal profession regulator for the jurisdiction, under the Legal Practitioners Act 1981 (SA). The credential is a local practising certificate, granted and renewed annually. SA · effective 1981-12-01 South Australia 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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