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Plea to recognise "stark difference" between lawyers, paid agents
The FWC has acceded to a construction company's request to be legally represented, after rejecting the CFMEU's argument that the Fair Work Act does not enable a party to interchange permission to be represented by a paid agent with permission to be represented by a lawyer, despite their "stark differences" and the exclusion of paid agents from certain courts.
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