Section 10A Penalty for sole solicitor pretending that practice is recognisedF1
(1)
A sole solicitor shall not describe or hold out the sole solicitor’s practice as a practice for the time being recognised under section 9 unless it is so recognised.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(3)
In this section “sole solicitor” has the same meaning as in section 9.
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Notes on Legal services bodies and sole solicitors’ practices
Textual amendments
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S. 9 crossheading substituted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 17 (with arts. 4, 5)