Part II Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline of Solicitors and Clerks
Accounts etc.
C1C232 Accounts rules and trust accounts rules.
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F3a
as to the opening and keeping by solicitors of accounts at banks or with building societies for money within subsection (1A);
aa
as to the operation by solicitors of accounts kept by their clients or other persons at banks or with building societies or other financial institutions;
b
as to the keeping by solicitors of accounts containing information as to money received, held or paid by them for or on account of their clients or other persons (including money received, held or paid under a trust); and
c
F7. . .
F81A
The money referred to in subsection (1) is money (including money held on trust) which is received, held or dealt with for clients or other persons.
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F9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C33
If any solicitor fails to comply with rules made under this section, any person may make a complaint in respect of that failure to the Tribunal.
C4C3C54
The F10Society shall be at liberty to disclose a report on or information about a solicitor’s accounts obtained in the exercise of powers conferred by rules made under subsection (1) F11. . . F12. . . for use in investigating the possible commission of an offence by the solicitor F13or any of his employees and F12. . . for use in connection with any prosecution of the solicitor F13or any of his employees consequent on the investigation.
5
Rules under this section may specify circumstances in which solicitors or any class of solicitors are exempt from the rules F14or a part of the rules.
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F15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .