Legal Profession Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9A · Law Practice Entities
132. Name of law firm
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The Director of Legal Services must not approve the name or proposed name of a law firm if in his or her opinion that name or proposed name fails to satisfy such criteria as may be prescribed by rules made under section 136.
Director of Legal Services
“Director of Legal Services” means the Director of Legal Services appointed under section 2A(1);
No name of a law firm may be changed without the prior written approval of the Director of Legal Services.
law firm
“law firm” means a partnership, or a practice of a solicitor who practises on his or her own account, which is licensed as a law firm under section 131;
Despite anything in this section, where the Director of Legal Services is satisfied that the name of a law firm has been approved (whether through inadvertence or otherwise and whether originally or by change of name) in contravention of subsection (1) —
the Director of Legal Services may direct that the name of the law firm be changed; and
the sole proprietor or partners of the law firm must comply with that direction within 6 weeks after the date of the direction or such longer period as the Director of Legal Services may allow.