Singapore legislation
Regulation 44
Regulation 44
Misleading, deceptive, inaccurate or false, etc., publicity
Subregulation 1
A legal practitioner must not publicise the legal practitioner’s practice, or the practice of the law practice of which the legal practitioner is a director, a partner or an employee, in a manner which —
is likely to diminish public confidence in the legal profession or to otherwise bring the legal profession into disrepute;
may reasonably be regarded as being misleading, deceptive, inaccurate, false or unbefitting the dignity of the legal profession; or
the Council may determine to be an undesirable manner of publicising the practice of a legal practitioner or law practice.
Subregulation 2
For the purpose of these Rules, publicity is misleading, deceptive, inaccurate or false if —
it contains a material misrepresentation;
it omits to state a material fact;
it contains any information which cannot be verified; or
it is likely to create an unjustified expectation about the results that can be achieved by the legal practitioner or the law practice of which the legal practitioner is a director, a partner or an employee.