No. S 73
Legal Profession Act
(Chapter 161)
Legal Profession (Professional Indemnity Insurance) (Amendment) Rules 2005
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 75A 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 (Professional Indemnity Insurance) (Amendment) Rules 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2005.
New rule 1A
2.  The Legal Profession (Professional Indemnity Insurance) Rules (R 11) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 1 the following rule:
“Definition
1A.  In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, “law firm” means a firm of advocates and solicitors and includes a sole-proprietorship and partnership of 2 or more advocates and solicitors.”.
Amendment of rule 3
3.  Rule 3 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:
“(3)  Every law corporation, and every advocate and solicitor practising in a law firm (except a locum solicitor), that engages a locum solicitor shall —
(a)take out insurance under the common insurance scheme referred to in rule 2 against loss arising from claims against such a law corporation, or such advocates and solicitors, in respect of civil liability incurred by the locum solicitor in connection with his practice in the law firm or the legal services provided by the law corporation, as the case may be; and
(b)maintain in force such insurance at all times during the period the locum solicitor is engaged by the law firm in which the advocate and solicitor is practising or by the law corporation, as the case may be.
(4)  Nothing in this rule requires a locum solicitor to take out any insurance referred to in rule 2 in connection with his practice as a locum solicitor.”.
Amendment of rule 6
4.  The principal Rules are amended by renumbering rule 6 as paragraph (1) of that rule, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:
“(2)  In the case of insurance referred to in rule 3 (3), the period of insurance shall be the period when the locum solicitor is engaged as a locum solicitor by the law firm or law corporation, as the case may be.”.

Made this 4th day of February 2005.

PHILIP JEYARETNAM
President,
Council of the Law Society of Singapore.
[AG/LEG/SL/161/2002/1 Vol. 3]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 131 of the Legal Profession Act).
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