s 157 Professional misconduct
157.—(1) An act or omission of a regulated legal practitioner may constitute unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct even though it is only done or occurs while the regulated legal practitioner provides legal services through a law corporation.[40/2014] (2) Where the business of a law corporation is conducted in a manner unbefitting an honourable profession, and such conduct cannot be attributed to the act or omission of any particular individual (being a solicitor, regulated foreign lawyer or regulated non‑practitioner) whose identity is known —(a) each director of the law corporation who is a solicitor shall be liable (or, if there are 2 or more such directors, shall be jointly liable with every other such director) to such disciplinary proceedings under this Act as are applicable to a solicitor; (b) each director of the law corporation who is a regulated foreign lawyer shall be liable (or, if there are 2 or more such directors, shall be jointly liable with every other such director) to such disciplinary proceedings under this Act as are applicable to a regulated foreign lawyer; and (c) each director of the law corporation who is a regulated non‑practitioner shall be liable (or, if there are 2 or more such directors, shall be jointly liable with every other such director) to such disciplinary proceedings under this Act as are applicable to a regulated non‑practitioner.[40/2014] (3) Except with the prior approval of the Director of Legal Services or in circumstances prescribed in any rules made under section 166, a director or employee of a law corporation who is a solicitor (whether or not he or she has in force a practising certificate) or a lawyer (NP) (whether or not he or she has in force a provisional practising certificate), must not —(a) hold shares in any other law corporation; (b) be a director, consultant or employee of any other law corporation; (c) be a partner, consultant or employee of any law firm or limited liability law partnership; or (d) practise as a solicitor on his or her own account.[40/2014] [Act 37 of 2023 wef 17/04/2025] (4) Subsection (3) does not prevent a locum solicitor engaged by a law corporation from concurrently practising as a locum solicitor in another law corporation or any law firm or limited liability law partnership.[40/2014] (5) Except with the prior approval of the Director of Legal Services or in circumstances prescribed in any rules made under section 166 —(a) a director or employee of a law corporation who is a regulated foreign lawyer must not —(i) hold shares in any other law corporation; (ii) be a director, consultant or employee of any other law corporation; or (iii) be a partner, consultant or employee of any law firm or limited liability law partnership; and (b) a director or employee of a law corporation who is a regulated non‑practitioner must not —(i) hold shares in any other law corporation; (ii) be a director or employee of any other law corporation; or (iii) be a partner or employee of any law firm or limited liability law partnership.[40/2014]