# Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980, Section 28: Offence for solicitors who are disqualified to seek employment without informing employer.

Extent: S

Any person who—
(a) has been struck off the roll; or
(b) suspended from practice as a solicitor ; or
(c) has had his registration as a registered European lawyer withdrawn; or
(d) has been suspended from practice as a registered European lawyer; or
(e) has had his registration as a registered foreign lawyer withdrawn; or
(f) has been suspended from practice as a registered foreign lawyer,
and while so disqualified from practice seeks or accepts employment by a solicitor in connection with that solicitors practice or by an incorporated practiceor multi-national practice an authorised legal business without previously informing him or, as the case may be, it that he is so disqualified, shall be guilty of an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/46/section/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/section-28
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