A claim for legal professional privilege may provide grounds for documents to be excluded from disclosure. It is important to be aware of possible claims to legal professional privilege, particularly where documents are sought under Freedom of Information legislation . If the Legal Office is unable to provide the advice from its own resources, it will assign any legal matters involving the University to external legal firms or independent barristers. The University has a number of other offices and resources which provide specialist assistance on legally related issues. You may find that one of these avenues best answers your queries.
Travel insurance is available when travelling interstate or overseas.
The Legal Office does not charge for legal services provided in-house. Sometimes external legal expenses may be charged back to the academic or administrative unit concerned. From time to time, documents which the University signs, such as deeds and leases, require the affixing of the University Seal. There is a formal process approved by Council for authorising the affixing of the seal. Documents requiring sealing need to be in final form, as once sealed, no additional pages or removal of pages can occur without re-sealing the documents.