9. Modified application of Legal Profession (Inadequate Professional Services Complaint Inquiry) Rules

The Legal Profession (Inadequate Professional Services Complaint Inquiry) Rules (R 18) apply, as modified in the Eighth Schedule, in relation to —

the provision, by a solicitor registered under section 36E of the Act, of services which —

are rendered in connection with the solicitor’s practice of Singapore law in a Joint Law Venture or its constituent foreign law practice, a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice or a licensed foreign law practice; and

are not of the quality which it is reasonable to expect of the solicitor; or

the provision, by a foreign lawyer registered under section 36B of the Act, of services which —

are rendered in connection with the foreign lawyer’s practice of Singapore law; and

are not of the quality which it is reasonable to expect of the foreign lawyer.