Section 170

such conditions as may be prescribed; and

such conditions as the Director of Legal Services may think fit to impose in any particular case.

such conditions as may be prescribed; and

such conditions as the Director of Legal Services may think fit to impose in any particular case.

entitles the formation of a Formal Law Alliance by the law practices to which the licence has been issued (each called in this Division a member of the Formal Law Alliance);

despite anything to the contrary in Part 4, entitles the Formal Law Alliance, during the period of validity of the licence, to such privileges as may be prescribed or otherwise conferred by law; and

despite anything to the contrary in Part 4, entitles each foreign law practice which is a member of the Formal Law Alliance, during the period of validity of the licence —

to practise Singapore law in, and only in, such areas of legal practice and in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be prescribed; and

to such other privileges as may be prescribed or otherwise conferred by law.

a foreign law practice or Singapore law practice; and

its client, or a client of a Formal Law Alliance of which it is a member,solicitor-client privilege exists between a Formal Law Alliance and its client in the same way as it exists between a solicitor and his or her client.

an alliance formed by one or more foreign law practices and one or more Singapore law practices which, immediately before that date, was or was deemed to be a Formal Law Alliance formed under the repealed section 130C as in force immediately before that date is deemed to be a Formal Law Alliance formed under this section;

the law practices forming that alliance, which were issued, or were deemed to have been issued, a licence under the repealed section 130C as in force immediately before that date, are deemed, until the day on which that licence would otherwise expire or until the Director of Legal Services issues a Formal Law Alliance licence in respect of that alliance under subsection (11) (whichever is the earlier), to have been issued a Formal Law Alliance licence subject to —

the conditions mentioned in subsection (3)(a);

the conditions (if any) imposed by the Attorney‑General under the repealed section 130C(3)(b) or (9) or 130P(5)(b) as in force immediately before that date, subject to which that licence was issued or was deemed to have been issued; and

such conditions as the Director of Legal Services may think fit to impose in any particular case; and

any undertaking provided in respect of that alliance under the repealed section 130Q as in force immediately before that date is enforceable by the Director of Legal Services as if that undertaking were provided under section 179.

any application which was made before that date for a Formal Law Alliance licence under the repealed section 130C as in force immediately before that date, and which is pending immediately before that date, is deemed to be an application for a Formal Law Alliance licence under this section; and

any undertaking provided under the repealed section 130Q as in force immediately before that date, by a person making that application, is deemed to be an undertaking provided under section 179 by that person.