| Organization |
Category |
Status |
| Law
Council of Australia |
Pro |
Policy on Lawyers'
Business Structures, adopted October 2001.
|
| Law
Society of New South Wales |
Permitted |
Revised Solicitors
Rules effective Dec. 1999.
|
| New
Zealand Law Society |
Not Permitted |
Rule of
Professional Conduct last amended Jan. 1, 1996.
|
| Canadian
Bar Association |
Pro |
Resolution
adopted August 19-20, 2000.
Resolution adopted Feb. 17, 2001 added certain restrictions.
|
| Federation
of Law Societies of Canada |
Neutral |
Report
of the National MDP Committee of the Federation of Law Societies of
Canada (2000 Annual Meeting)
|
| Law
Society of Upper Canada |
Permits Variations |
Multi-Disciplinary Practice Task Force Report to
Convocation (September 21, 2000)
Supplementary Material to the Multi-Disciplinary Practice Task Force
Report
Multi-Disciplinary Practice Task Force Implementation
Phase (April 26, 2001)
Supplementary Material to the Multi-Disciplinary Practice Task Force
Report Implementation Phase
By-Law 25 last amended May 24, 2001, permits partnering with nonlawyers
for practice of law only.
By-Law 32 last amended Sept. 28, 2001, permits affiliations with
entities that deliver non-legal services.
|
| Law
Society of British Columbia |
Rejected |
In
December 2001, Benchers rejected a set of proposed Law Society rules
that would have allowed lawyers to engage in multidisciplinary practice
with non-lawyers.
|
| Ontario
Bar Association |
Pro |
The Report of Canadian Bar Association-Ontario Committee
on Multi-Disciplinary Practices And the Legal Profession (May 11,
2000)
Council approved resolution on December 8, 2000.
|
| Brussels
(French) |
Permits
Variation |
Agreement
entered into with CPAs on January 6, 2000 permits partnerships only
with separate billing.
|
| Law
Society of England and Wales |
Pro |
Report of the Review of the Regulatory Framework
for Legal Services in England and Wales (Clementi Report) (December
2004)
The Legal Services Act 2007
|
| France |
Permitted |
National Bar
Council adopted in March 1999.
|
| Germany |
Permitted |
Federal
legislation expressly permits as of October 1994.
|
| Netherlands |
Permits Some
Variations |
Regulation adopted in 1993
permits members of the bar to enter into partnership with certain professional categories,
but not accountants. In Feb. 2002, the court ruled that it is permissible for such a
regulation to prohibit multidisciplinary partnerships between members of the Bar and
accountants.
|
| Law
Society of Scotland |
Con |
Policy adopted on
June 29, 2000.
|
Council of the Bars
and Law Societies of the European Union
(CCBE)
|
Con |
Position of CCBE on Integrated Forms of Co-operation
Between Lawyers and Persons Outside the Legal Profession, adopted
in Athens on November 12th, 1999.
Analysis of the Nova I Judgement and Guidance to
Bars on Professional Rules following Nova I Decision (May 2002)
|
| UIA |
Neutral |
|
