Chapter:	159X	Title:	SOLICITORS (GROUP PRACTICE) RULES	Gazette Number:	L.N. 17 of 2003
Section:	2	Heading:	Interpretation	Version Date:	01/02/2003

(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires-
"business" (業務), in the context of business carried on by a solicitor or firm, means the business of practising as a solicitor or as solicitors;
"firm" (律師行) means a firm as from time to time constituted, whether of a sole practitioner or as a partnership, carrying on the business of practising as a solicitor or as solicitors;
"group practice" (律師聯合執業事務所) is to be construed according to that expression as it appears in section 3(1);
"group practice agreement" (律師聯合執業事務所協議) means an agreement between 2 or more solicitors or firms to conduct their businesses as members of a group practice;
"management company" (管理公司), in relation to a group practice, means the company referred to in section 7;
"member firm" (律師行成員), in relation to a group practice, means a member of the group practice that is a firm;
"member of a group practice" (律師聯合執業事務所成員) is to be construed according to that expression as it appears in section 3(1);
"member solicitor" (律師成員), in relation to a group practice, means a member of the group practice other than a member firm;
"Practice Rules" (《執業規則》) means the Solicitors' Practice Rules (Cap 159 sub. leg. H);
"practise" (執業) means to practise the law, and "practice" (執業) is to be construed accordingly;
"principal" (主管), in relation to a firm, means any partner of the firm or the sole practitioner constituting the firm, as the case may be.
(2) In these Rules, reference to a solicitor who practises within a group practice is a reference to a solicitor who practises-

(a) as a member of a group practice;
(b) as a principal of a member firm of a group practice; or
(c) as an employee of or consultant to a member of a group practice.

(a) an employee of the other solicitor or of the firm; or
(b) a solicitor practising on his own account or in partnership.