Singapore legislation

Regulation 25

Gifts from client

Subregulation 1

Paragraph (2) applies —

(a)

where a client of a legal practitioner intends to make a significant gift, whether by will or while the client is alive, or in any other manner, to —

(i)

the legal practitioner;

(ii)

the sole proprietor, or any partner, director, consultant or employee, of the law practice in which the legal practitioner practises;

(iii)

any immediate family member of —

(A)

the legal practitioner; or

(B)

the sole proprietor, or any partner, director, consultant or employee, of the law practice in which the legal practitioner practises; or

(iv)

the law practice in which the legal practitioner practises; or

(b)

where a client of a law practice intends to make a significant gift, whether by will or while the client is alive, or in any other manner, to —

(i)

the law practice;

(ii)

the sole proprietor, or any partner, director, consultant or employee, of the law practice; or

(iii)

any immediate family member of the sole proprietor, or any partner, director, consultant or employee, of the law practice.

The legal practitioner or law practice —

(a)

must not act for the client in relation to the gift; and

(b)

must advise the client to obtain independent legal advice in relation to the gift.