Singapore legislation

Regulation 15B

of Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015

Regulation 15B

Conflict of interest in family proceedings

Amended byS 82/2018 wef 12/02/2018

Subregulation 1

The following principle guides the interpretation of this rule.Principle A legal practitioner who acts in a particular role in family proceedings must ensure that there is no conflict between that role and the interests of a client.

Subregulation 2

A legal practitioner who has acted as a child representative or parenting coordinator in any family proceedings must not subsequently act for any party to those proceedings in relation to —

(a)

the subject matter of those proceedings; or

(b)

any matter relating to those proceedings that was discussed with or in the presence of the legal practitioner, while the legal practitioner was acting as a child representative or parenting coordinator in those proceedings.

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