Rule 3 Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners

Rule 3 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners (RPC) 2023 is about Aiding the unauthorized practice of the law. It is under Part 1 (Practice as a Legal Practitioner) of Chapter 1 (Conduct) of the Rules. It provides as follows:

(1) A lawyer shall not—
(a) aid a non-lawyer in the unauthorized practice of the law ;

(b) permit his professional services or his name to be used in aid of, or to make possible, the unauthorized practice of law by any person not qualified to practice or disqualified from practice ; or
(c) share legal fees with a non—lawyer except as provided in rule 53.

(2) A lawyer shall not, in return for a fee, write or sign his name or permit his name to be written or signed on a document prepared by a non—lawyer as if prepared by him.

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