Legal Definition and Related Resources of Law Society

Formed in 1825, incorporated in 1831, and entrusted with the custody of the roll of solicitors, 1888.
Since 1877 no person can be admitted as a solicitor unless he has obtained from the society a certificate that he has passed certain examinations. It issues the annual certificate without which a solicitor cannot practise. Under the Solicitors Act, 1919, s. 5, the committee investigates complaints against solicitors and can itself strike a solicitor off the roll, the offender having a right of appeal to the Court

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Law Society in Law Enforcement

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• Law Society in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• Law Society in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis