Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980

28 Offence for solicitors who are disqualified to seek employment without informing employer. S

Any person who—

(a) has been struck off the roll; or

(b) suspended from practice as a solicitor,

and while so disqualified from practice seeks or acceps employment by a solicitor in connection with that solicitors practice [F1 or by an incorporated practice] without previously informing him [F2 or, as the case may be, it] that he is so disqualified, shall be guilty of an offence.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 76:2), s. 56, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 6(a)

F2 Words inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 76:2), s. 56, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 6(b)