Legal Profession (Group Practice) Rules - Singapore Statutes Online

Legal Profession Act

(Chapter 161, Section 71(1))

Legal Profession (Group Practice) Rules

R 19

G.N. No. S 103/1999

REVISED EDITION 2001

(31st January 2001)

[1st April 1999]

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession (Group Practice) Rules.

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Definitions

2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Central Provident Fund Board” means the Central Provident Fund Board constituted under the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36);

[S 397/2011 wef 01/08/2011]

“client account” has the same meaning as in rule 2(1) of the Legal Profession (Solicitors’ Accounts) Rules (R 8);

[S 397/2011 wef 01/08/2011]

“conveyancing account”, “conveyancing (CPF) account” and “conveyancing money” have the same meanings as in rule 2(2) of the Conveyancing and Law of Property (Conveyancing) Rules 2011 (G.N. No. S 391/2011);

[S 397/2011 wef 01/08/2011]

“firm” means a law firm as defined in the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules (R 1);

[S 666/2006 wef 01/01/2007]

“firm name” means the name or style under which the practice of a firm is being carried on;

“group practice” means a practice comprising 2 or more firms which expressly practise as a group under a group name as separate firms in mutual co-operation;

“manager” means the manager referred to in rule 7.

Application

3. These Rules shall apply to all firms in a group practice and are intended to govern their relationship within the group practice and their dealings with clients and other persons outside the group practice without prejudice to rules of etiquette and professional practice and any other applicable law.

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