Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980

28Offence for solicitors who are disqualified to seek employment without informing employer

—Any person who—

(a)has been struck off the roll; or

(b)suspended from practice as a solicitor,

and while so disqualified from practice seeks or accepts employment by a solicitor in connection with that solicitors practice without previously informing him that he is so disqualified, shall be guilty of an offence.