SOLICITORS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976

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SOLICITORS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 28



28.(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any solicitor who shares any of his
professional profits or fees with an unqualified person shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding
#250.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in any of the following cases, namely

(a)where a person who has ceased to practise as a solicitor receives from any
solicitor a share of the profits or fees of the latter as a price or value of
the practice which he has transferred to the latter, or receives a share of
such profits as a voluntary or other allowance out of the profits or fees of a
practice in which he has been a partner; or

(b)where the widow, children or personal representatives of any deceased
solicitor receive from any solicitor who has purchased or succeeded to the
practice of the deceased solicitor, or from any firm of solicitors of which
the deceased solicitor was a partner at his death, or from any solicitor
acting by virtue of an appointment made pursuant to Article 32, any share of
the profits of the practice of the deceased solicitor or such firm; or

(c)where professional profits or fees are received by a solicitor employed by
a government department (including a department of the government of the
United Kingdom), local authority, bank or trade union or statutory undertakers
in respect of work done in the course of his duty, if the solicitor is in the
whole time or exclusive employment of the government department, local
authority, bank or trade union or statutory undertakers and does not engage in
private practice as a solicitor; or

(d)where an agreement for sharing fees is made between a solicitor in Northern
Ireland and a person carrying on the practice or profession of the law in some
other part of the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth or in the Republic of
Ireland or in a foreign country; or

(e)where, for the purposes of making legal aid and advice more readily
available to persons in need, the Council have directed in writing that
paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to a non-profit making organisation
specified in the direction.

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SOLICITORS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 28