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RSubject to the provisions of rule 6.6 every practice unit shall –
(a) ensure that at all times the sum at the credit of the client account, or where there are more such accounts than one, the total of the sums at the credit of those accounts, shall not be less than the total of the clients’ money held by the practice unit;
GDo I have to keep all my client funds in the client bank account?
Yes. You must always have sufficient funds in the client bank account to cover all of the client credit balances.
FThere are 4 Accounts Certificate Forms
GSignature of Certificates on Powers of Attorney - Trainee Solicitors
Sections 15, 16 and 16A of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 provide that a continuing power of attorney or a welfare power of attorney must incorporate a certificate by a practising solicitor or a doctor that the solicitor or doctor has interviewed the granter immediately before he or she signed the documents;
RSubject to rules 3.2 and 3.5, you shall be entitled to advertise and promote your services in any way you think fit.
GWhere your fees for your services are advertised either by you or by a third party and whether or not you are named in such an advertisement the advertisement must include mention of outlays and VAT with no less prominence than the fees.
RWhere in the course of advising a client you identify a situation which may require appearance in a Superior Court in circumstances where such appearance is restricted to a solicitor advocate or an advocate, you shall advise your client:
RSave where and to the extent stated to the contrary in any of these rules: if you are a solicitor the following rules apply to you
GRule 3 in Section A of the rules sets out which of the practice rules apply to the different categories of regulated person both generally and when engaged in certain types of work.
RSave when and to the extent engaged in cross-border practice you shall comply with the standards of conduct set out in this rule 1.
GThe standards of conduct contained in rule B1 do not apply when you are engaged in cross-border practice. Note that this term does not encompass transactions or activity between the constituent parts of the United Kingdom.
GGuidance endorsing the approval by beneficiaries of a final accounting before distribution and settlement
RYou shall neither authenticate, nor apply for registration in the Land Register of, a document created as an electronic communication within the ARTL System on behalf of any person unless you have obtained a mandate in your favour
Grefer to the Guidance on Registration of Deeds: ARTL
ACurrent versions of the ARTL Mandates approved by the Council of the Law Society of Scotland in terms of the Rules can be downloaded here
AThe Society obtained two opinions from Professor Robert Rennie in relation to this matter
RYou shall not cause or permit the name of any person to appear on the nameplate or professional stationery of the practice unit of which you are a manager unless that person is: