SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14 Foreign Lawyers: Partnerships and Recognised Bodies

Part I Registration

Application for registration

I12

1

An application for registration or for renewal of registration—

C1a

shall be made to the Society in such form as the Council may prescribe; and

C2b

shall be accompanied by such fee as the Council may, with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls, prescribe.

2

Where such an application is duly made by a foreign lawyer, the Law Society may register the applicant if it is satisfied that the legal profession of which the applicant is a member is one which is so regulated as to make it appropriate—

a

for solicitors to enter into multi-national partnerships with members of that profession; and

b

for members of that profession to be officers of recognised bodies.

C33

Any registration may be made subject to such conditions as the Society sees fit to impose.

C44

The Council may make regulations, with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls, with respect to—

a

the keeping of the register (including the manner in which entries are to be made, altered or removed); and

b

applications for registration or renewal of registration.

C55

The register may be kept by means of a computer.

F12A

1

The Society may direct that a foreign lawyer's registration is to have effect subject to such conditions as the Society thinks fit to impose.

2

A direction under sub-paragraph (1) may be given in respect of a foreign lawyer

a

at the time he is first registered, or

b

at any time when the registration has effect.