{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-107",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-107.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/23",
  "legislation_title": "Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978",
  "path": "section/107",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "107",
  "heading": "Qualification for holding office of solicitors who have been barristers and vice versa.",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of any statutory provision or custom whereby the qualification of a solicitor for holding any office in Northern Ireland depends upon—\n(a) his having been admitted for a specified period; or\n(b) his having been admitted and in practice for a specified period,\nthat period, in the case of a solicitor who before admission was a barrister, shall be deemed to include—\n(i) where paragraph (a) applies, any period during which he was a barrister; and\n(ii) where paragraph (b) applies, any period after his call to the bar during which he was in practice as a barrister.\n(2) For the purpose of any statutory provision or custom whereby the qualification of a barrister for holding any office in Northern Ireland depends upon—\n(a) his having been called to the bar for a specified period; or\n(b) his having been called to the bar and in practice for a specified period,\nthat period, in the case of a barrister who before call was a solicitor, shall be deemed to include—\n(i) where paragraph (a) applies, any period during which he was a solicitor; and\n(ii) where paragraph (b) applies, any period after his admission as a solicitor during which he was in practice as such.\n(3) This section applies—\n(a) to this Act and to any other statutory provision whether passed or made before or after this Act; and\n(b) in relation to persons admitted as solicitors or called to the bar before, as well as after, the passing of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/23/section/107",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:23:00.123548+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}