Chapter:	159H	Title:	SOLICITORS' PRACTICE RULES	Gazette Number:	L.N. 266 of 2000
Rule:	4B	Heading:	Control of employment of unqualified persons	Version Date:	29/09/2000

(1) A firm shall not employ unqualified persons in a number more than 6 plus 8 times the number of resident principals and solicitors employed full-time in that firm.
(2) No firm shall, except with the written approval of the Council, knowingly employ any unqualified person who is in the part-time or full-time employment of another firm. (L.N. 266 of 2000)
(3) For the purpose of this rule-

(a) persons employed otherwise than by a firm (such as by a service company set up by the principal or principals of the firm) but for the purposes of the firm shall be deemed to be persons employed in that firm;
(b) in calculating the number of unqualified persons employed in a firm, trainee solicitors and full-time law students working full-time or part-time during holidays and breaks or part-time during the academic year shall not be taken into account; and
(c) in calculating the number of resident principals and solicitors employed full-time in a firm, a solicitor shall not be taken into account in respect of more than one firm.