Section 3: Admission as solicitor.

Solicitors Act 1974 · 1974 c.47

Part I: Right to Practise as Solicitor

3(1)

... No person shall be admitted as a solicitor unless he has obtained a certificate from the Society that the Society—

(a) is satisfied that he has complied with training regulations, and

(b) is satisfied as to his character and his suitability to be a solicitor.

3(2)

Any person who has obtained a certificate that the Society is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1) may apply to the Society to be admitted as a solicitor; and if any such person so applies, the Society , . . ., shall, unless cause to the contrary is shown to its satifaction, in writing, and in such manner and form as the Society may from time to time think fit, admit that person to be a solicitor.

3(3)

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