Singapore legislation
Regulation 40
Regulation 40
Agreement for referrals
Subregulation 1
In addition to rule 39, when a legal practitioner or law practice enters into any agreement for the referral of any conveyancing service, the legal practitioner or law practice must ensure that the agreement is made in writing and contains the following terms:
the referror undertakes in the agreement to comply with these Rules;
the legal practitioner or law practice is entitled to terminate the agreement, if there is reason to believe that the referror is in breach of any term of the agreement;
any publicity of the referror (whether written or otherwise), which refers to any service that may be provided by the legal practitioner or law practice, must not suggest any of the following:
that the conveyancing service is free;
that different charges are payable for the conveyancing service, depending on whether the client instructs the legal practitioner or law practice;
that the availability or price of any other service offered by the referror, or by any party related to the referror, is conditional on the client instructing the legal practitioner or law practice;
the referror must not do anything to impair the right of the client not to appoint the legal practitioner or law practice, and must not influence in any way the right of the client to appoint a legal practitioner or law practice of the client’s choice.
Subregulation 2
The legal practitioner or law practice must terminate the agreement, if —
the referror is in breach of any term referred to in paragraph (1); or
there is reason to believe that the legal practitioner or law practice is in breach of any such term.
Subregulation 3
Where the legal practitioner or law practice has terminated an agreement under paragraph (2), the legal practitioner or law practice —
may continue to act in matters for which the legal practitioner or law practice was instructed prior to the termination; but(b)must not accept any further referrals from the referror.