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Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015 - Singapore Statutes Online
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3 Application of Parts 2 to 5
4 Principles guiding interpretation of these Rules
Part 2 RULES APPLICABLE TO PRACTICE OF LAW IN SINGAPORE
Division 1  Relationship with client
5 Honesty, competence and diligence
Division 2  Relationship with other legal practitioners
7 Responsibilities of legal practitioners to each other
Division 3  Responsibilities to other persons
8 Conduct in relation to other persons
8A Conduct of alternative dispute resolution process
Part 3 RULES APPLICABLE TO PRACTICE OF SINGAPORE LAW AND PRACTICE IN SINGAPORE COURTS
Division 1  Role in administration of justice
10 Responsibility for client’s conduct
11 Conflict of interest in proceedings before court or tribunal
12 Communications and dealings with witnesses
13 Respect for court or tribunal and related responsibilities
14 Conducting the defence in criminal proceedings
15 Conducting the prosecution in criminal proceedings
15A Representing client in family proceedings
15B Conflict of interest in family proceedings
Division 2  Relationship with client
16 Client money
17 Professional fees and costs
18 Contingency fees prohibited
19 Unauthorised persons
20 Conflict, or potential conflict, between interests of 2 or more clients
21 Conflict, or potential conflict, between interests of current client and former client
22 Conflict, or potential conflict, between interests of client and interests of legal practitioner or law practice, in general
23 Prohibited borrowing transactions
24 Purchases from client
25 Gifts from client
26 Completion of retainer and withdrawal from representation
Division 3  Relationship with other legal practitioners
27 Principles guiding interpretation of this Division
28 Entering default judgment
29 Allegations against another legal practitioner
30 Communication with court
31 Communication with another legal practitioner
Division 4  Supervision over staff of law practice
32 Responsibility for staff of law practice
Division 5  Descriptions and executive appointments
34 Executive appointments
Part 4 RULES APPLICABLE TO MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF LAW PRACTICES
35 Responsibilities in relation to management and operation of law practice
36 Responsibilities to practice trainees in law practice
Part 5 RULES APPLICABLE TO TOUTING AND PUBLICITY
37 Principle guiding interpretation of this Part
38 Business, trade or calling
39 Touting and referrals
40 Agreement for referrals
41 Publicity to be in accordance with these Rules
42 General responsibilities
43 Responsibilities relating to publicity within Singapore
44 Misleading, deceptive, inaccurate or false, etc., publicity
45 Contributions to good causes
46 Third-party publicity
47 Giving of free legal advice
48 Publicity outside Singapore
49 Jurisdiction where publicity is conducted
Part 5A RULES APPLICABLE TO THIRD-PARTY FUNDING
49A Disclosure of third-party funding
49B Prohibition against financial and other interests in Third-Party Funder
50 Savings for duties, etc., that exist apart from these Rules
51 Revocation
FIRST SCHEDULE Prohibited businesses
SECOND SCHEDULE Conditions for accepting executive appointment in business entity
THIRD SCHEDULE Institutions in which legal practitioner may accept any appointment
FOURTH SCHEDULE Law-related services
(Professional Conduct) Rules 2015
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 71(2) of the Legal Profession Act, the Professional Conduct Council makes the following Rules:
1. These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015 and come into operation on 18 November 2015.
“child representative” means a child representative appointed, under Division 1 of Part 4 of the Family Justice Rules 2014 (G.N. No. S 813/2014), to represent the interests of a child in any proceedings involving the child, or the custody and welfare of the child;
[S 82/2018 wef 12/02/2018]
“client account” and “client’s money” have the same meanings as in rule 2(1) of the Legal Profession (Solicitors’ Accounts) Rules (R 8);
“conveyancing money” has the same meaning as in rule 2(2) of the Conveyancing and Law of Property (Conveyancing) Rules 2011 (G.N. No. S 391/2011);
“debt collection business” means a business the principal operations of which relate to the collection of debts, but does not include either of the following:
(a) any business carried out by a legal practitioner as a trustee in bankruptcy, or as a nominee in a voluntary arrangement relating to a debtor who is an individual;
(b) any business in the nature, or that is part, of a factoring arrangement or receivables financing arrangement;
“dispute resolution proceedings” has the same meaning as in section 5B of the Civil Law Act (Cap. 43);
[S 69/2017 wef 01/03/2017]
“family proceedings” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Family Justice Act 2014 (Act 27 of 2014);
“funded party” has the same meaning as in section 5B of the Civil Law Act;
“immediate family member” means a spouse, child, grandchild, sibling, sibling’s child, parent or grandparent;
“law practice” means any law practice entity other than a representative office;
“parenting coordinator” means a parenting coordinator appointed by the court to manage and facilitate the resolution of disputes relating to the custody of, access to and welfare of a child, for instance, by educating and providing guidance to the parents of the child, and by making recommendations to the court (when required);
“publicity” means any form of advertisement, and includes any advertisement that —
(a) is printed or contained in any medium for the communication of information; or
(b) appears in, or is communicated through or retrievable from, any mass medium (electronic or otherwise) or the Internet,
and “publicise”, “publicised” and “publicising” are to be construed accordingly;
“Third-Party Funder” has the same meaning as in section 5B of the Civil Law Act;
“third-party funding contract” has the same meaning as in section 5B of the Civil Law Act;
“tribunal” means any judicial, quasi-judicial, administrative or regulatory body or authority in Singapore, or any tribunal in Singapore that is established by law, and includes any of the following:
(a) any commission of inquiry or committee of inquiry appointed under the Inquiries Act (Cap. 139A), or any committee of inquiry or board of inquiry appointed under any other written law;
(b) any Industrial Arbitration Court or the President, Deputy President, Registrar, Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar of the Industrial Arbitration Court appointed under the Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 136), a conciliation officer or referee appointed under the Industrial Relations Act, or the Commissioner for Labour, a Deputy Commissioner for Labour, a Principal Assistant Commissioner for Labour or an Assistant Commissioner for Labour appointed under the Employment Act (Cap. 91);
(c) any professional disciplinary body;
(d) any arbitral tribunal as defined in section 2(1) of the Arbitration Act (Cap. 10) or section 2(1) of the International Arbitration Act (Cap. 143A);
“unauthorised person” has the same meaning as in section 32(2) of the Act.
(a) a reference to an employee of a Singapore law practice includes a reference to a locum solicitor engaged by the Singapore law practice; and
(b) a reference to a member of a Singapore law practice includes a reference to a locum solicitor engaged by the Singapore law practice.
Application of Parts 2 to 5
3.—(1) Part 2 applies to the following legal practitioners:
(a) every solicitor who has in force a practising certificate or is registered under section 36F of the Act;
(b) every person admitted under section 15 of the Act;
(c) every regulated foreign lawyer.
(2) Division 1 of Part 3, insofar as it relates to any relevant proceedings or relevant appeal, applies to the following legal practitioners:
(a) every solicitor who has in force a practising certificate;
(c) every regulated foreign lawyer who is registered under section 36P of the Act.
(3) Division 1 of Part 3, insofar as it relates to any proceedings before a court (other than any relevant proceedings or relevant appeal), applies to the following legal practitioners:
(b) every person admitted under section 15 of the Act.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), Part 3 applies to the following legal practitioners:
(c) every foreign lawyer who is registered under section 36B of the Act.
(5) Division 2 of Part 3 applies —
(a) to every Singapore law practice; and
(b) to the following law practices, in connection with the practice of Singapore law:
(i) every Joint Law Venture;
(ii) every Formal Law Alliance;
(iii) every Qualifying Foreign Law Practice;
(iv) every licensed foreign law practice.
(6) Part 4 applies to every law practice.
(7) Part 5 applies —
(a) to the following legal practitioners:
(i) every solicitor who has in force a practising certificate or is registered under section 36F of the Act;
(ii) every person admitted under section 15 of the Act;
(iii) every foreign lawyer who is registered under section 36B of the Act;
(b) to every Singapore law practice; and
(c) to the following law practices, in connection with the practice of Singapore law:
(8) Part 5A applies —
(iii) every regulated foreign lawyer;
(c) to every other law practice licensed under the Act.
Principles guiding interpretation of these Rules
4. The following principles guide the interpretation of these Rules.
(a) A legal practitioner has a paramount duty to the court, which takes precedence over the legal practitioner’s duty to the legal practitioner’s client.
(b) A legal practitioner’s duty to the legal practitioner’s client is subject only to the legal practitioner’s duty to the court, and must at all times be fulfilled in a manner that upholds the standing and integrity of the Singapore legal system and the legal profession in Singapore.
(c) A legal practitioner has a duty to discharge honourably and with integrity all of the legal practitioner’s responsibilities to any tribunal before which the legal practitioner appears, the legal practitioner’s clients, the public and other members of the legal profession.
(d) A legal practitioner must uphold the laws of Singapore in the legal practitioner’s practice.
(e) A legal practitioner must facilitate the access of members of the public to justice.
(f) A legal practitioner must be fair and courteous towards every person in respect of the legal practitioner’s professional conduct.
(g) A legal practitioner must ensure that the legal practitioner’s professional conduct is always consistent with the values of the legal profession in each jurisdiction in which the legal practitioner is qualified to practise law and, when giving advice in any other jurisdiction, the values of the legal profession in that other jurisdiction.
(h) A legal practitioner must keep up to date with all pertinent developments in the law in the legal practitioner’s area of practice.
Made on 18 November 2015.
Professional Conduct Council.
[RSCS R7/13 Vol. 1; AG/LLRD/SL/161/2013/1 Vol. 4]