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| adam_text | THE LAW,
PRACTICE AND
CONDUCT
OF SOLICITORS
by
PETER M K BIRD
and
J BRUCE WEIR
Solicitors of the Supreme Court
WATERLOW PUBLISHERS
Contents
Para Page
Foreword v
Table of cases xv
Table of statutes xxvii
Table of enactments xxxii
Table of Principles xxxv
Introduction xxxvii
Chapter 1—THE FRAMEWORK OF PRACTICE 1
The Solicitors Act 1974
1 Control of the profession 1
2 Qualifications for practising as a solicitor 2
3 Practice outside England and Wales 3
The Law Society
4 Charters and bye-laws 6
5 Membership 7
6 The Council 7
7 The leadership of the profession 8
8 Organisation 9
9 Staff 9
10 Statutory functions (I-XIII) 10
/ Education and training
11 Generally 10
12 The academic stage 11
13 The Common Professional Examination 12
14 The Solicitors First Examination 12
15 The second stage: solicitors final examination 13
16 Articles 14
17 Continuing education 16
// The roll:
18 Keeping the roll 17
/// Practising certificates
19 The need for a practising certificate 18
vii
Contents viii
Para Page
20 Issue of practising certificates 21
21 Conditional issue or refusal to issue 22
22 Imposition of conditions 24
23 Appeals 25
24 Suspension 25
IV Practice Rules
25 Solicitors Practice Rules 1988 26
V Investment business
26 Financial Services Act 1986 27
27 Solicitors Investment Business Rules 1988 31
VI Accounts Rules
28 Generally 40
29 Solicitors Accounts Rules 41
30 Solicitors Trust Accounts Rules 42
31 Accountant s Report Rules 43
32 Solicitors Accounts (Deposit Interest) Rules 44
33 Inspection of accounts 46
VII The Compensation Fund
34 Generally 46
35 Applications and grants 47
VIII Indemnity insurance
36 Generally 48
37 Solicitors Indemnity Rules 49
IX Remuneration:
38 Remuneration certificates 51
X Intervention
39 Intervention in solicitor s practice 53
XI Powers under Administration of Justice Act 1985
40 Sanctions for inadequate professional services 54
41 Examination of files in connection with complaints 56
42 Legal aid complaints 57
Para
XII Disciplinary and other proceedings
43 Applications against solicitors and clerks
44 Proceedings against unqualified persons
45 Enforcement
XIII Incorporated practice
46 Generally
47 Solicitors Incorporated Practice Rules 1988
Rights of Solicitors
48 Rights of practising
49 Rights of audience
50 Restrictions on practising
Privileges of Solicitors
51 Generally
52 Legal professional privilege
53 Privilege in defamation
54 Appointments
55 Commissioners for oaths
Liabilities of solicitors
56 As officers of the Supreme Court
57 Contempt of court
58 Undertakings
59 Liability for payment of costs
60 Liability for loss, and for clients money and papers
61 Supervision
62 Liability to third parties
63 Criminal liability
64 Liability as officer of company
65 The sole principal
66 Partnership
67 Offering services other than as solicitor
68 Legal advice and other centres and schemes
69 Employed solicitors
Page
Chapter 2—BEFORE THE RETAINER 104
Obtaining Instructions
70 Fundamental principles 104
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Contents
Para page
71 Publicity 105
72 Arrangements 106
Acceptance of Instructions
73 When instructions may be declined 110
74 When instructions must be refused: generally 112
75 When instructions must be refused: conflict of interest 114
Formation of the Retainer
76 Generally 117
77 Retainer by various categories of client 119
78 Written professional standards 122
79 Information about fees 123
80 Agreements for payment of costs 127
Chapter 3—DURING THE RETAINER 130
81 Transactions between solicitor and client 130
The Solicitor s Duty to his Client
82 Generally J 3 2
83 Confidentiality I 3 5
84 Negligence and bad professional work 139
The Solicitor s Obligations to Third Parties
85 The solicitor and the court 1*6
86 Solicitors and the Bar * 150
87 Solicitors and the public 152
Chapter 4—AFTER THE RETAINER 155
88 Ending the Retainer 155
Costs
89 The bill of costs
90 Collection of costs
The Solicitor and the Court
91 Officers of the Supreme Court—payment of costs 161
92 Officers of the Supreme Court—liability for loss 163
93 Officers of the Supreme Court—liability for clients
money and papers 163
Para Page
94 Payment to-third parties 164
95 Lien 166
96 Taxation 169
Chapter 5—DISCIPLINARY JURISDICTION 174
97 The Solicitors Complaints Bureau 174
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
98 Generally 177
99 Grounds 179
100 Applications 181
101 Powers 183
102 Findings and Orders 185
Appeals
103 The Lay Observer 186
104 The High Court 187
Chapter 6—THE STUDENT AND ENTRY INTO ARTICLES 188
105 The longer shadow of conduct 188
106 Entry into the profession 189
107 Honour, dignity and service 189
Chapter 7—INTERNATIONAL LEGAL PRACTICE
IN EUROPE 192
108 The Framework of the European Community 192
109 The European Court of Justice (at Luxembourg) 193
110 The European Court of Human Rights (at Strasbourg) 194
111 EC Directive of 22 March 1977 195
112 The Declaration of Perugia 196
Current Issues
113 Background 198
114 Details 201
(1) Mutual recognition of higher education diplomas 201
(2) Establishment under home title 201
(3) Multi-national partnerships 202
(4) The common code of conduct (or Deontology ) 202
(5) 1992—the completion of the Single Internal Market 202
Contents xii
Para Page
Chapter 8—LEGAL PRACTICE IN THE
COMMONWEALTH 207
115 Generally 207
116 Legal practitioner mobility 211
117 Volunteer lawyers 214
118 A Commonwealth code of conduct 216
Chapter 9—DEVELOPMENTS IN CONDUCT SINCE 1970 219
119 Solicitors Practice Rules 1936-72 and 1988 219
120 The ambit of conduct 222
(1) nomenclature 222
(2) relationship of unbefitting conduct to other
misdeeds 222
(3) inadequate professional services 223
121 The status of the Principles 224
APPENDICES
Appendix A 227
Statutory provisions:
1 Solicitors Act 1974 sl2 (as amended by Administration of
Justice Act 198S and Insolvency Act 1985) 227
2 Solicitors Act 1974 ss20-23 (as amended by Administration
of Justice Act 1985) 229
3 Solicitors Act 1974 ss32-37 (as amended by Administration
of Justice Act 1985 and Building Societies Act 1986) 230
4 Solicitors Act 1974 s4S (as amended by Administration of
Justice Act 1985) 235
5 Solicitors Act 1974 Sen 1: Intervention in solicitor s
practice (as amended by Administration of Justice Act 1985) 236
6 Administration of Justice Act 1985 si 240
7 The Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules 1985
(SI 1985 No 226) 242
8 Rules of the Supreme Court (Non-Contentious Probate Costs)
9 The Solicitors Remuneration Order 1972 259
10 The European Communities (Services of Lawyers) Order 1978
(SI 1978 No 1910) 261
11 Financial Services Act 1986 Sen 1 264
Para Page
Appendix B 278
Rules made pursuant to statute:
1 Solicitors Practice Rules 1988 278
2 Solicitors Overseas Practice Rules 1987 (as amended) 286
3 Solicitors Investment Business Rules 1988 294
4 Solicitors Publicity Code 1988 334
5 Solicitors Introduction and Referral Code 1988 342
6 Solicitors Indemnity Rules 1987 (as amended) 344
7 Solicitors Accounts Rules 1986 370
8 Solicitors Trust Accounts Rules 1986 375
9 Accountant s Report Rules 1986 and Waiver 378
10 Solicitors Accounts (Deposit Interest) Rules 1988 385
11 Solicitors Compensation Fund Rules 1975 388
Appendix C 392
Council statements and guidelines:
1 Guidance for managers appointed following the death
of a sole practitioner 392
2 Specimen letter—material change in composition of
firm 393
3 Notice of rights under Solicitors Remuneration Order
1972 and on taxation 394
4 Notes on papers to be handed over on termination
of retainer 394
5 Domestic conveyancing charges form 395
6 Council Direction dated 6 October 1977 397
7 Council statement on waivers 398
8 Form of undertaking recommended by The Law Society
in conveyancing matters to discharge building society
mortgages 398
9 Forms of undertaking agreed with banks 399
10 Compensation Fund—notes for the guidance of persons
who intend to apply for a grant and for their legal
advisers 401
11 Dealings with licensed conveyancers 405
12 Limitation of liability by contract 406
Contents xiv
Para Page
Appendix D 408
Miscellaneous:
1 EC Directive of 22 March 1977 (77/249/EEC) 408
2 Declaration of Perugia 411
3 International Bar Association International Code of
Ethics, 1986 Edition 414
4 Note by CCBE on application of EC Directive of
22 March 1977 416
5 Procedure for dealing with complaints between
lawyers from different member states (CCBE guidance) 417
6 Cash flow in litigation 418
7 Extracts from Bar Code of Conduct 422
8 Barristers terms of work 425
9 Extracts from joint statement about unpaid fees 426
10 The Law Society s complaints leaflet 428
11 Council statement on Interview Panel Scheme 432
12 The Lay Observer: general directions by the Lord
Chancellor 433
13 Basic principles of personal work management and
communications skills: 434
Recording the cost of time 437
14 Solicitors Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 438
Index 455
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