(1) Without affecting the generality of Section 84 of the Legal Profession Act 1976,
a Solicitor acting for a developer in a housing project cannot act for any
purchaser in respect of any lot in the same phase of the project.
(2) Where an advocate and solicitor acts for a
purchaser in the purchase of a housing accommodation developed under a housing
development, he shall not receive his remuneration for the transaction from the
housing developer, and the developer and the purchaser shall each pay for the
fees of his own advocate and solicitor.
(3) Where an advocate and solicitor or the firm of which he is a member either
as partner or employee is appointed or empanelled as a member of the developer’s
panel of lawyers, he shall be deemed to be acting for the developer and he shall
not act for any purchaser in respect of any lot in the same phase of the housing
development.
Example:
If a solicitor or his firm is appointed or empanelled as a member of the
developer’s panel of lawyers for Phase 1 of a housing development project, he
may not act for any purchaser in the said Phase 1. If the solicitor or his firm
is no longer appointed or empanelled as a member of the developer’s panel of
lawyers for any subsequent phase of the same housing development project, he may
act for any purchaser in any subsequent phase of the same housing project in
which he or his firm is not a member of the developer’s panel of lawyers.
(4) When a solicitor acts for a developer and attests the signature of a
purchaser who is not represented by a solicitor in the transaction, the
solicitor acting for a developer shall in addition to obtaining from the
purchaser a certificate signed by the purchaser pursuant to the proviso of
section 84(1) of the Legal Profession Act, 1976 also inform the purchaser in
writing that he is not acting for the purchaser.
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Circular No 110/2012: Seminar on Introduction to ICC Arbitration: An Insight into the 2012 ICC Rules
