SOLICITORS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976

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SOLICITORS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 31



31.(1) Where

(a)a person has been convicted of any offence under the Theft Act (Northern
Ireland) 1969 or has been convicted, in Northern Ireland or elsewhere, of any
offence involving dishonesty; or

(b)it appears to the Society, in the course or as a result of any proceedings
before the Disciplinary Committee that a person who is or was a clerk or an
apprentice to a solicitor, but is not himself a solicitor, has been a party to
any act or default of such solicitor, in respect of which an application or
complaint has been or might be made against such solicitor to the Disciplinary
Committee under any enactment; or

(c)a person has had his name removed from or struck off a roll of solicitors
(otherwise than at his own request) or has been suspended from practising as a
solicitor;

(2) Such application shall be made to and heard by the Disciplinary Committee
in accordance with rules made by them with the approval of the Lord Chief
Justice under this Order and, on the hearing of the application, the
Disciplinary Committee shall have power to make such an order as is mentioned
in paragraph (1) and an order as to the payment of costs by any party.

(3) The provisions of Articles 48 to 54 shall have effect for the purposes of
this Article, so however that, in the application of Article 52 for the
purposes of this Article, references to an order directing that a solicitor is
to be suspended from practice shall be construed as including references to an
order made as mentioned in paragraph (1) with respect to any person.

(4) Any person who, while an order under this Article is in force in respect
of him, seeks or accepts employment by or remuneration from a solicitor in
connection with his practice as a solicitor without previously informing him
of such order, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding #100.

(5) If a solicitor contravenes any of the terms and conditions subject to
which any consent has been given under this Article, any person may make a
complaint in respect of the contravention to the Disciplinary Committee.

(6) In this Aricle the expression "a clerk or an apprentice" shall include a
clerk, articled clerk or apprentice who was employed as such by any solicitor
in Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the Republic of Ireland and paragraph
(1)(c) applies to any person whose name has been removed from or struck off a
roll or who has been suspended from practice in either Great Britain or the
Republic of Ireland so long as he remains so removed or struck off or
suspended from practice.

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SOLICITORS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 31