Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994

Prohibition on practising as solicitor without practising certificate.

56.—(1) No solicitor shall practise as a solicitor unless a practising certificate in respect of him is in force.

(2) Without prejudice to section 29 (5) (as substituted by this Act) of the Principal Act, a solicitor shall be deemed to practise as a solicitor if he engages in the provision of legal services whether as a sole practitioner or as a partner in a solicitor's practice or as an employee of any solicitor or of any other person or body, or as a solicitor in the full-time service of the State within the meaning of section 54 (3) (as substituted by this Act) of the Principal Act.

(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to—

(a) a solicitor in the full-time service of the State within the meaning of section 54 (3) (as substituted by this Act) of the Principal Act, or

(b) a solicitor whose name is on the roll and who does not stand suspended from practice and who is employed full-time in the State to provide conveyancing services for his employer, provided that such employer is not a solicitor.

(4) In paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of this section “conveyancing services” means services in connection with the preparation of transfers, conveyances, contracts, leases or other assurances in connection with the disposition or acquisition of estates or interests in land.