Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015

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1 Citation and commencement

3 Application of Parts 2 to 5

4 Principles guiding interpretation of these Rules

5 Honesty, competence and diligence

7 Responsibilities of legal practitioners to each other

8 Conduct in relation to other persons

8A Conduct of alternative dispute resolution process

9 Conduct of proceedings

10 Responsibility for client’s conduct

11 Conflict of interest in proceedings before court or tribunal

12 Communications and dealings with witnesses

13 Respect for court or tribunal and related responsibilities

14 Conducting the defence in criminal proceedings

15 Conducting the prosecution in criminal proceedings

17 Professional fees and costs

18 Contingency fees prohibited

19 Unauthorised persons

20 Conflict, or potential conflict, between interests of 2 or more clients

21 Conflict, or potential conflict, between interests of current client and former client

22 Conflict, or potential conflict, between interests of client and interests of legal practitioner or law practice, in general

23 Prohibited borrowing transactions

24 Purchases from client

25 Gifts from client

26 Completion of retainer and withdrawal from representation

27 Principles guiding interpretation of this Division

28 Entering default judgment

29 Allegations against another legal practitioner

30 Communication with court

31 Communication with another legal practitioner

32 Responsibility for staff of law practice

34 Executive appointments

35 Responsibilities in relation to management and operation of law practice

36 Responsibilities to practice trainees in law practice

37 Principle guiding interpretation of this Part

38 Business, trade or calling

39 Touting and referrals

40 Agreement for referrals

41 Publicity to be in accordance with these Rules

42 General responsibilities

43 Responsibilities relating to publicity within Singapore

44 Misleading, deceptive, inaccurate or false, etc., publicity

45 Contributions to good causes

46 Third-party publicity

47 Giving of free legal advice

48 Publicity outside Singapore

49 Jurisdiction where publicity is conducted

49A Disclosure of third-party funding

49B Prohibition against financial and other interests in Third-Party Funder

50 Savings for duties, etc., that exist apart from these Rules

PART 5A

RULES APPLICABLE TO THIRD-PARTY FUNDING

[S 69/2017 wef 01/03/2017]

Disclosure of third-party funding

49A.—(1) When conducting any dispute resolution proceedings before a court or tribunal, a legal practitioner must disclose to the court or tribunal, and to every other party to those proceedings —

(a)	the existence of any third-party funding contract related to the costs of those proceedings; and
(b)	the identity and address of any Third-Party Funder involved in funding the costs of those proceedings.

(2) The disclosure under paragraph (1) must be made —

(a)	at the date of commencement of the dispute resolution proceedings where the third-party funding contract is entered into before the date of commencement of those proceedings; or
(b)	as soon as practicable after the third-party funding contract is entered into where the third-party funding contract is entered into on or after the date of commencement of the dispute resolution proceedings.

[S 69/2017 wef 01/03/2017]

Prohibition against financial and other interests in Third-Party Funder

49B.—(1) A legal practitioner or a law practice must not, directly or indirectly, hold any share or other ownership interest in a Third‑Party Funder —

(a)	which the legal practitioner or law practice has introduced or referred to a client of the legal practitioner or law practice in relation to dispute resolution proceedings; or
(b)	which has a third-party funding contract with a client of the legal practitioner or law practice.

(2) A legal practitioner or a law practice must not receive any commission, fee or share of proceeds from the Third-Party Funder mentioned in paragraph (1).

(3) Paragraph (2) does not prohibit receiving any fee, disbursement or expense payable by the client mentioned in paragraph (1) for the provision of legal services by the legal practitioner or law practice to that client.

[S 69/2017 wef 01/03/2017]

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