CAP. 159]
Employment by solicitor of persons struck off or suspended. 22 and 23 Geo. 5
c. 87, s. 52.
Solicitors not to commence or defend
actions while in prison. 22 and 23 Geo. 5
c. 37, s. 53.
Penalty on failure to
disclose fact of having been struck off, etc. 22 and 23 Geo. 5,
c. 37, s. 55.
Legal Practitioners.
47. (1) No solicitor shall, in connexion with his practice as a solicitor, without the written permission of the Society which may be given for such period and subject to such conditions as the Society think fit, employ or remunerate any person who to his knowledge is disqualified from practising as a solicitor by reason of the fact that his name has been struck off the roll, otherwise than at his own request, or is suspended from practising as a solicitor.
(2) A solicitor aggrieved by the refusal of the Society to grant any such permission as aforesaid, or by any conditions attached by the Society to the grant thereof, may appeal to the Chief Justice, who may confirm the refusal or the conditions, as the case may be, or may, in lieu of the Society, grant such conditions as he thinks fit.
(3) If any solicitor acts in contravention of the provisions of this section or of the conditions subject to which any permission has been given thereunder, his name shall be struck off the roll or he shall be suspended from practice for such period as the court thinks fit.
48. (1) No solicitor whilst a prisoner in any prison shall as a solicitor, in his own name or in the name of any other solicitor, sue out any writ or process, or commence, prosecute or defend any action or any matter in bankruptcy.
(2) Any solicitor commencing, prosecuting or defending any such action or matter in contravention of this section shall be incapable of maintaining any action for the recovery of any costs in respect of any business done by him whilst so confined as aforesaid, and he and any solicitor permitting him to commence, prosecute or defend any such action or matter in his name, shall be guilty of contempt of the court in which such action or matter was commenced or prosecuted and may be punished accordingly.
49. (1) Any person who, whilst he is disqualified from practising as a solicitor by reason of the fact that he has been struck off the roll otherwise than at his own request or is suspended from practising as a solicitor, seeks or accepts employment by a solicitor in connexion with that solicitor's practice without previously informing him that he is so disqualified as aforesaid, shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars.
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CAP. 159]
Employment by solicitor of persons struck off or suspended. 22 and 23 Geo. 5
c. 87, s. 52.
Solicitors not to commence or defend
actions while in prison. 22 and 23 Geo. 5
c. 37, s. 53.
Penalty on failure to
disclose fact of having been struck off, etc. 22 and 23 Geo. 5,
c. 37, s. 55.
Legal Practitioners.
47. (1) No solicitor shall, in connexion with his practice as a solicitor, without the written permission of the Society which may be given for such period and subject to such con- ditions as the Society think fit, employ or remunerate any person who to his knowledge is disqualified from practising as a solicitor by reason of the fact that his name has been struck off the roll, otherwise than at his own request, or is suspended from practising as a solicitor.
(2) A solicitor aggrieved by the refusal of the Society to grant any such permission as aforesaid, or by any con- ditions attached by the Society to the grant thereof, may appeal to the Chief Justice, who may confirm the refusal or the conditions, as the case may be, or may, in lieu of the Society, grant such conditions as he thinks fit.
(3) If any solicitor acts in contravention of the pro- visions of this section or of the conditions subject to which any permission has been given thereunder, his name shall be struck off the roll or he shall be suspended from practice for such period as the court thinks fit.
48. (1) No solicitor whilst a prisoner in any prison shall as a solicitor, in his own name or in the name of any other solicitor, sue out any writ or process, or commence, prosecute or defend any action or any matter in bankruptcy.
(2) Any solicitor commencing, prosecuting or defending any such action or matter in contravention of this section shall be incapable of maintaining any action for the recovery of any costs in respect of any business done by him whilst so confined as aforesaid, and he and any solicitor permitting him to commence, prosecute or defend any such action or matter in his name, shall be guilty of contempt of the court in which such action or matter was commenced or prosecuted and may be punished accordingly.
49. (1) Any person who, whilst he is disqualified from practising as a solicitor by reason of the fact that he has been struck off the roll otherwise than at his own request or is suspended from practising as a solicitor, seeks or accepts employment by a solicitor in connexion with that solicitor's practice without previously informing him that he is so dis- qualified as aforesaid, shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars.
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