# Lawyer’s certification

> act-s486I — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

486I Lawyer’s certification
          (1) A lawyer must not file a document commencing migration
              litigation, unless the lawyer certifies in writing that there are
              reasonable grounds for believing that the migration litigation has a
              reasonable prospect of success.










          (2) A court must refuse to accept a document commencing migration
              litigation if it is a document that, under subsection (1), must be
              certified and it has not been.