Legal Services Commissioner
Role / OfficeReferenced in 2 bills
Personal Injuries Proceedings and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
This bill cracks down on 'claim farming' — where third parties cold-call or pressure people into making personal injury or workers' compensation claims and sell their details to law firms. It also tightens rules on legal fees for speculative injury claims, reinstates a three-year timeframe for terminal workers' compensation, and fixes technical issues with Queensland's political donation caps.
Legal Profession (Strengthening Disciplinary Matters) Amendment Bill 2026
This bill would transfer the job of disciplining Queensland lawyers, and deciding related questions about who can practise law, from QCAT to the Supreme Court of Queensland. It gives effect to all 23 recommendations of a 2025 review of QCAT's legal practitioner jurisdiction. The bill has been introduced to Parliament but is not yet law.