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Chapter:

159H PDFTitle:SOLICITORS' PRACTICE RULESGazette Number:
Rule:4AHeading:Supervision of officeVersion Date:30/06/1997

A solicitor shall ensure that every office where he or his firm practise is and can reasonably be seen to be properly supervised in accordance with the following minimum standards-

        (a) every such office shall be managed by a solicitor holding a current practising certificate who shall normally be in attendance at that office during all the hours when it is open to the public; and (L.N. 416 of 1996)
        (b) every such office shall be attended on each day when it is open to the public by a solicitor who holds an unconditional practising certificate and has been admitted for at least 2 years (or such other period as the Council may permit), being either a principal of, or a solicitor employed by, the firm and who shall spend sufficient time at such office to ensure adequate control of the staff employed there and afford requisite facilities for consultation with clients. (L.N. 138 of 1993; L.N. 416 of 1996)
(L.N. 307 of 1979)