Part II Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline of Solicitors and Clerks
Restrictions on practice as solicitor
38 Solicitor who is justice of the peace not to act in certain proceedings.
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this section, it shall not be lawful for any solicitor who is one of the justices of the peace F1assigned to any local justice area, or for any partner of his, to act in connection with proceedings before any justice of the peace acting in that area as solicitor or agent for the solicitor of any person concerned in those proceedings.
(2)
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(3)
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F3(3A)
Subsection (1) does not apply where a solicitor is a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts); but where a solicitor is acting as a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) F4in any local justice area it shall not be lawful for him, or for any partner of his, to act in connection with proceedings before any justice of the peace F5acting in that area as solicitor or agent for the solicitor of any person concerned in those proceedings.
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