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Correspondence between Prisoners and Legal Advisers
Category: Guidance
When writing to a prisoner client the letter should be sealed in a plain envelope addressed to the prisoner
Cross-Border Practice
Category: Rule
When conducting cross-border practice you shall observe and be bound by the terms of the Code at all times.
Cross-Border Practice
Category: Guidance
The standards of conduct contained in rule B1 do not apply when you are engaged in cross-border practice. Note that this term does not encompass transactions or activity between the constituent parts of the United Kingdom. When engaged in cross-border practice you must comply with rule C1 instead
Defenders Contacting Pursuers' Agents Direct
Category: Guidance
Defenders Contacting Pursuers' Agents Direct It has come to the attention of the Professional Practice Committee that there is an increasing tendency for Defenders to telephone Pursuers' agents direct to discuss active cases.
Definitions and Interpretation
Category: Rule
In these rules, unless stated to the contrary or the context otherwise requires, terms listed in the first column of Schedule 1 to these rules shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in the second column of Schedule 1.
Delay in Concluding Missives
Category: Guidance
It is common for Missives to be in an unconcluded state until shortly before or even at the date of entry.
Delivery of Missives
Category: Guidance
Delivery howsoever effected is required before a missive is binding.
Director of Client Company
Category: Guidance
From time to time the Society is asked to provide guidance to solicitors who have been asked to act as a director of a company which is also a client of the practice unit (and also where a company of which the solicitor is a director becomes a client of the practice unit).
Discharges of Standard Securities
Category: Guidance
Solicitors frequently experience difficulty in obtaining Discharges from lenders, particularly those based in England, where Discharges are not required in the same format and the registers can be cleared more easily.
Discharges of Standard Securities
Category: Advice and Information
When is a Discharge not a Discharge?
Disclosure of Interest
Category: Rule
Where you are consulted about a matter in which you have, or your practice unit has, a personal or a financial interest, the position must be made clear to the client as soon as possible.
Disclosure of Interest - Outsourcing
Category: Guidance
Obligation on outsourcers to disclose interests
