New Pro Bono Rules
Pro Bono and Charitable Fee Sharing – New Rules Now in ForceLaw Society Rules9 June 2006
To make Pro Bono more attractive, changes have been made to
* practice rule 7 (fee sharing, partnership and corporate
practice) of the Solicitors’ Practice Rules 1990;
* practice rule 18 (Application and interpretation) of the
Solicitors’ Practice Rules 1990;
* the Solicitors’ Costs Information and Client Care Code 1999; and
* the Employed Solicitors Code 1990.