The Solicitors Incorporated Practice Rules 2004 (SIPR) came into force on 13 February 2004, replacing the 2001 Rules. The new Rules have been incorporated into the The Guide to the Professional Conduct of Solicitors, the Law Society’s definitive authority on the rules and principles of professional conduct for practising solicitors which is available online. The Law Society has also published new rules affecting practice outside England and Wales.
New rules affecting practice outside England and Wales came into force on 17 March 2004. Subject to conditions, solicitors may now practise overseas with non-lawyers, and if they are minority partners in overseas firms of foreign lawyers, will no longer be subject to the accounts provisions in the overseas rules, or required to submit accountants’ reports.
