Victoria Appoints New Legal Services Commissioner
Acting Premier and Attorney-General Rob Hulls today announced the appointment of Michael McGarvie as Victoria’s new Legal Services Commissioner and Legal Services Board chief executive.
Mr Hulls said Mr McGarvie brought to the role more than 25 years’ legal experience and a career heavily involved in advocating for consumer needs and rights.
“Mr McGarvie’s depth of industry knowledge matches his personal passion for the needs and interests of consumers in the industry,” Mr Hulls said.
“As the Supreme Court CEO since 2006, Mr McGarvie has overseen both the technical and physical modernization of the Supreme Court to improve service delivery to the public and the legal profession as well as efficiency within the court.”
Mr McGarvie has worked as a solicitor and partner with Holding Redlich, practising civil litigation in both the County and Supreme Courts.
“As partner in one of Victoria’s leading firms, Mr McGarvie ran a successful civil litigation practice, oversaw the establishment of new services and new interstate offices and acted as mentor to junior solicitors within the firm,” Mr Hulls said.
“As a solicitor, Mr McGarvie has successfully provided legal representation through mediation, negotiation and advocacy in industrial accident claims, product safety advice, litigation of public risk and defective product cases.”
The Legal Services Commissioner and the Legal Services Board were established in 2005.
The Legal Services Commissioner independently assesses complaints about members of the legal profession, and has the power to investigate and prosecute lawyers for misconduct and mediate disputes about legal costs.
“I am certain that Mr McGarvie will work with the legal profession and consumers of legal services to improve standards and increase awareness of lawyers’ obligations to their clients,” Mr Hulls said.
“He will assist in ensuring Victorian consumers have access to a system that resolves complaints about lawyers cheaply, quickly and easily.
“This appointment will also contribute to the important work being done to nationalise regulation of the legal profession in Australia and ensure that we have an appropriate national model with uniform laws across jurisdictions.”
Mr McGarvie takes on the role from Victoria Marles, who resigned in October 2009.
Mr Hulls thanked Ms Marles for her contribution and for her work establishing the office of the Legal Services Commissioner.
Topics: Australia, consumer rights, consumers of legal services, Economy, Governance, laws, lawyers, legal profession, Legal Services Board Chief, Legal Services Commissioner, mediate, mediation, misconduct, standards, Victoria
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