Hong Kong Regulations

SOLICITORS' PRACTICE RULES - RULE 4A

Supervision of office

A solicitor shall ensure that every office where he or his firm practise is
and can reasonably be seen to be properly supervised in accordance with the
following minimum standards-

   (a)  every such office shall be managed by a solicitor holding a current
        practising certificate who shall normally be in attendance at that
        office during all the hours when it is open to the public; and (L.N.
        416 of 1996)

   (b)  every such office shall be attended on each day when it is open to the
        public by a solicitor who holds an unconditional practising 
        certificate and has been admitted for at least 2 years (or such other
        period as the Council may permit), being either a principal of, or a
        solicitor employed by, the firm and who shall spend sufficient time at
        such office to ensure adequate control of the staff employed there and
        afford requisite facilities for consultation with clients. (L.N. 138
        of 1993; L.N. 416 of 1996) (L.N. 307 of 1979)