VPRS 16237 Roll of Attorneys

The enactment of the Legal Profession Practice Act 1891 legally fused the barristers' and solicitors' branches of the legal profession in Victoria and the distinction is maintained in the current Act, the Legal Profession Practice Act 1958. In practice, however, the branches remain quite separate, for a person admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court must make an election whether they wish to be inscribed on the Roll of Counsel or on the Roll of Solicitors.The rules regarding the admission to practice as lawyers were outlined in the Supreme Court rules. In April 1853 the Supreme Court promulgated Rules and Regulations for Admission to Practices as Barristers and as Attorneys, Solicitors and Proctors, in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Rule 1 established two Boards of Examiners, one for Barristers and one for AttorneysThe Roll of Attorneys contains the names of the attorneys admitted by the Supreme Court of New South Wales and subsequently by the Supreme Court of Victoria.The Roll records the attorney's full name, date of admission and remarks, date of attorney's death, or when they were struck off the roll.It is understood that the roll includes solicitors, proctors, attorneys, conveyancers and possibly barristers.A separate Roll of Barristers was maintained (Refer to VPRS 16236).

《1891年法律职业执业法》（Legal Profession Practice Act 1891）的颁布，在法律层面合并了维多利亚州（Victoria）法律职业中的大律师（barrister）与诉状律师（solicitor）两大分支，而现行的《1958年法律职业执业法》（Legal Profession Practice Act 1958）仍保留了这一分类区分。但在实务操作中，两大分支仍保持显著独立：凡被维多利亚州最高法院（Supreme Court of Victoria）接纳为出庭律师及诉状律师的人员，必须作出选择，决定是否在大律师名册（Roll of Counsel）或诉状律师名册（Roll of Solicitors）上登记备案。有关律师执业准入的规则已在最高法院规则（Supreme Court rules）中予以明确。1853年4月，维多利亚州最高法院颁布了《维多利亚州最高法院大律师、律师、诉状律师及代诉人（proctor）执业准入规则与章程》。其中第1条设立了两个考试委员会（Board of Examiners），分别对应大律师方向与律师方向。律师名册（Roll of Attorneys）收录了由新南威尔士州最高法院（Supreme Court of New South Wales）接纳、随后又经维多利亚州最高法院认可的律师名单。该名册记录了律师的全名、准入日期、备注信息，以及律师的逝世日期或被从名册中除名的日期。据了解，该名册涵盖了诉状律师、代诉人、律师、不动产转让律师（conveyancers）以及可能的大律师。另有一份独立的大律师名册（参见VPRS 16236）。