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The Supervisory Council for Legal Practice

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01.01.2014* Entered; new relevant entity

Name: The Supervisory Council for Legal Practice
Short name: Tilsynsrådet
Affiliations: Other public administration body
Hierarchical level: Highest level
COFOG 01 General public services
Superior body: Ministry of Justice
Main affiliation category: National single organization (without subordinated units)
Located: 301 Oslo

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2025 Change of name

Name: The Supervisory Council for Legal Practice
Short name: Advokattilsynet

The Supervisory Council for Legal Practice (Tilsynsrådet for advokatvirksomhet) is responsible for the recognition of advocates and other legal professions in Norway. It is also the official body supervising advocates practising in Norway.

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.