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SOLICITORS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 29

29.(1) A solicitor shall not, in connection with his practice as a solicitor,
without the written consent of the Council, which may be given for such period
and subject to such terms and conditions (if any) as the Council think fit,
employ or remunerate any person who to his knowledge is disqualified from
practising as a solicitor by reason of the fact that his name has been struck
off the roll, or that he is suspended from practising as a solicitor or that
he has been refused a practising certificate or that his practising
certificate is suspended while he is an undischarged bankrupt.

(2) A solicitor aggrieved by a decision of the Council under paragraph (1)
refusing to grant any such consent as aforesaid, or as to any terms and
conditions attached by the Council to the consent may, within one month from
the date on which notice of that decision is served on him, appeal to the Lord
Chief Justice who may affirm the decision or may direct the Council to grant
the consent for such period and subject to such terms and conditions (if any)
as the Lord Chief Justice thinks fit.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) a solicitor who has not received the
Council's consent within three weeks after he applied for it, shall be deemed
to have received notice at the expiration of that period that the consent has
been refused.

(4) If a solicitor contravenes any of the terms and conditions subject to
which any consent has been given under this Article, any person may make a
complaint in respect of the contravention to the Disciplinary Committee.

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