SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14 Foreign Lawyers: Partnerships and Recognised Bodies

Part II Registered Foreign Lawyers:Supplementary Provisions

Effect of disciplinary action

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1

Where a registered foreign lawyer is struck off, or suspended from practice, his registration shall be suspended.

2

In sub-paragraph (1) “struck off” and “suspended from practice” mean—

a

any action taken within the jurisdiction by reference to which the registered foreign lawyer is qualified to be registered; or

b

where the registered foreign lawyer is qualified to be registered by reference to more than one jurisdiction, any action taken within any one of those jurisdictions,

which is the equivalent, respectively, of a solicitor being struck off the roll or suspended from practice under the Act of 1974.