Singapore legislation
Regulation 12G
of Legal Profession (Representation in Singapore International Commercial Court) Rules 2014
Regulation 12G
Register of registered law experts
Subregulation 1
The Registrar is to maintain, in such form and manner as the Registrar thinks fit, a register of every law expert who is registered under section 36PA of the Act.
Subregulation 2
Upon the registration of a law expert, the Registrar is to enter in the register under paragraph (1) the following particulars of the law expert:
the law expert’s name, nationality and designation;
the name of the law practice (if any) that employs or is affiliated with the law expert, and the jurisdiction in which that law practice provides legal services;
the name of any other institution or organisation that employs or is affiliated with the law expert;
the address of —
the law expert’s place of business in Singapore, if any; or
the law expert’s overseas place of business, if the law expert has no place of business in Singapore;
the electronic mail address of the law expert.
Subregulation 3
A registered law expert must, within 7 days after there is any change to any particulars of the foreign lawyer provided in an application under rule 12B(1) or 12C(1), notify the Registrar in writing of the change.
Subregulation 4
If a law expert fails to comply with paragraph (3), the Registrar may take into account the failure when deciding whether to grant or refuse a later application under rule 12B(1) or 12C(1) in respect of the law expert.
Subregulation 5
The Registrar may do any of the following in relation to the register under paragraph (1):
correct any error in the register;
make any necessary alteration to the register as a result of any change in circumstances or particulars;
upon the request of a registered law expert, remove the name of that law expert from the register.
Subregulation 6
The Registrar may make any information in the register under paragraph (1) available to any person in such form and manner as the Registrar thinks fit.