 In New South Wales, champerty and maintenance were abolished by the "Maintenance, Champerty and Barratry Abolition Act 1993".In Victoria, champerty and maintenance was abolished as a tort by section 32 of the "Wrongs Act 1958".and as a crime by section 332A of the "Crimes Act 1958"

In Canada, the common law crimes of champerty and maintenance were abolished, alongside all remaining common law offences except contempt of court, by the 1953 consolidation of the Criminal Code.