Legal Profession (Publicity) (Amendment) Rules 2001

No. S 411

Legal Profession Act

(Chapter 161)

Legal Profession (Publicity) (Amendment) Rules 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 71 of the Legal Profession Act, the Council of the Law Society of Singapore, with the approval of the Chief Justice, hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession (Publicity) (Amendment) Rules 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2001.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2 of the Legal Profession (Publicity) Rules (R 13) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by deleting the words “ “firm” means” in the definition of “firm” and substituting the words “ “law firm” means”.

Amendment of rule 3

3. Rule 3 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “solicitor” at the end thereof, the words “or in a law corporation”.

Amendment of rule 4

4. Rule 4 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “firm, or allow his employees” and substituting the words “law firm or a law corporation of which he is a director or an employee, or allow the employees of the law corporation”.

Amendment of rule 5

5. Rule 5 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “firm” in the 3rd line of paragraph (1) and in the 3rd line of paragraph (2) and substituting in each case the words “law firm or a law corporation of which he is a director or an employee”;
(b)	by deleting the word “firm” at the end of paragraph (1) and substituting the words “law firm or the law corporation”;
(c)	by deleting the word “firm” in the 2nd and in the 4th lines of paragraph (3) and substituting in each case the words “law firm or law corporation”; and
(d)	by deleting the words “his firm” in paragraph (5) and substituting the words “law firm or law corporation”.

Amendment of rule 6

6. Rule 6 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “firm” in the 1st line of paragraph (1) and in paragraph (2)(f) and substituting in each case the words “law firm or a law corporation of which he is a director or an employee”;

(b)

by deleting the word “firm” in the 2nd line of paragraph (1)(b)(i) and in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) and substituting in each case the words “law firm or the law corporation”;

(c)

by deleting the word “firm” in paragraph (1)(c) and in the 2nd and in the penultimate lines of paragraph (1)(d) and substituting in each case the words “law firm or law corporation”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) Nothing in these Rules shall be interpreted as permitting the doing of anything by an advocate and solicitor, a law corporation, or a director or an employee of a law corporation, which may reasonably be regarded as touting.”.

Amendment of rule 7

7. Rule 7 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “firm” in the 2nd line of paragraph (1) and substituting the words “law firm or a law corporation of which he is a director or an employee”;
(b)	by deleting the word “firm” at the end of paragraph (1)(c) and substituting the words “law firm or a law corporation”; and
(c)	by deleting the word “firm” at the end of paragraph (2)(d) and substituting the words “law firm or the law corporation”.

Amendment of rule 8

8. Rule 8 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “firm” appearing in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “law firm or law corporation”:

Paragraphs (1) (1st and 3rd lines) and (2) (3rd, 5th, 12th and 13th lines);

(b)

by deleting the word “firm” in the 1st line of paragraph (2) and in paragraph (3) and substituting in each case the words “law firm or a law corporation”; and

(c)

by deleting the word “firm” at the end of paragraph (2)(a) and substituting the words “law firm or a law corporation of which he is a director or an employee”.

Deletion and substitution of rule 9

9. Rule 9 of the principal Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Third party publicity

9. Subject to the Act and these Rules —

(a)	an advocate and solicitor may allow his practice or the practice of his law firm; or
(b)	a law corporation or a director or an employee of a law corporation may allow the practice of the law corporation,

to be publicised in or in conjunction with the publicity of any third party, whether or not the party is a client of the advocate and solicitor, law firm or law corporation.”.

Amendment of rule 10

10. Rule 10 (3) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the word “firm” in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting in each case the words “law firm or a law corporation of which he is a director or an employee”.

Amendment of rule 11

11. Rule 11 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the word “firm” in paragraphs (1) and (2) and substituting in each case the words “law firm or a law corporation of which he is a director or an employee”.

Made this 27th day of August 2001.

PALAKRISHNAN

President,
Council of the Law Society of
Singapore.

[LS/44/2001/YD/jl; AG/LEG/SL/161/97/2 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 131 of the Legal Profession Act).

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