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A.
Commencement of Practice

Statutory Provisions, Practice Directions and Code
1. Solicitors' Practice Rules
2. Solicitors' Accounts Rules 
3. Section 8 of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance
4. Accountant's Report Rules
5. Law Society’s Practice Directions
6. Solicitors' Practice Promotion Code

Information Package and Forms
7. Information for New Local Law Firm – a summary of the matters which a Solicitor must pay attention to either before or shortly after commencing practice on own account or in partnership.
8. Commencement of Practice (LP-3)
9. Notification of Changes to a Practice (LP-4)
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10. Declaration on Top-Up Insurance Cover for Hong Kong Law Firm Operating as a Limited Liability Partnership (LP-1)
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11. Common Pitfalls when Completing Notification of Changes to a Practice Form
12. Application form for Legal Visits by Solicitors’ Employees to Persons in Custody

13. Particulars Relating to Sole Practitioner - Local Firm and relevant circular(s):

(a)
 Particulars Relating to Sole Practitioner - Local Firm form
(b) Notification of Changes to Particulars Relating to Sole Practitioner - Local Firm
(c) Circular 00-128 (SD)
(d) Circular 00-307 (SD)

(e) Circular 21-650 (COM) 

14. Manual on Solicitors’ Accounting and relevant circular(s):

(a)
 Manual on Solicitors’ Accounting
(b) Circular 09-733 (SD)
(c) Circular 16-511 (SD)
(d) Circular 17-954 (SD) 
15. Mandatory Risk Management Education Programme Information
16. Employees' Return Form and relevant circular(s):

(a)
 Employees’ Return Form
(b) Circular 11-904 (COM)
17. Application Form for Law Society’s Weekly Circulars and Yellow Pages to Law Firm

B.
Hong Kong Law Firms Operating as Limited Liability Partnerships
1. Information Package on Limited Liability Partnerships (Hong Kong Law Firms)
2. Advance Notice of Commencement of Practice as a Hong Kong Limited Liability Partnership (LP-2)
3. Cessation of Practice as a Hong Kong Limited Liability Partnership [Pursuant to Section 7AI of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance Cap. 159 (Note 1)] (LP-5)
4. Question and answer
5. The leaflet
C.
Hong Kong Law Firms Operating as Solicitors’ Group Practice
1.
Solicitors (Group Practice) Rules

2. Information on Solicitors' Group Practice
3.
 Manual for setting up a Group Practice
For enquiries, please contact the Assistant Director, Regulation and Guidance at adrg2@hklawsoc.org.hk.
D.
Cessation of Practice

Statutory Provisions, Practice Directions, Professional Guide and Circulars
1. Rules 8 (7) of the Accountant's Report Rules
2. Law Society Practice Directions D.7
3. Commentary to Principle 12.04 of the Hong Kong Solicitors’ Guide to Professional Conduct, Volume 1 (3rd Edition)
4. Chapter 14 of the Hong Kong Solicitors’ Guide to Professional Conduct, Volume 1 (3rd Edition)
5. Circular 17-629 (PA) – Law Society Guidelines on Cessation of Practice
6. Circular 12-475 (PA) – Law Society Guidance Note on Storage and Destruction of Old Files

Information Package and Forms
7. Cessation Notice and Guidance Notes
8. Guidelines on Appointment as an agent
9. A sample letter to clients
10. A suggested list of organizations to be notified
11. Notice of Rescission
12. Cessation of Practice - Notification of Changes to a Practice pursuant to Practice Direction D7

13. Final Accountant's Report - Form 1 in the Schedule to the Accountant's Report Rules
14. Final Employees' Return Form
E.
Establishment of Representative Office/Association in Mainland or Overseas Branch Office
1.

 Relevant Ministry of Justice's Orders and Procedural Guide

Please click here for the relevant Ministry of Justice’s Orders and Procedural Guide on Establishment of Representative Office and Association in the Mainland.
2.

 Establishment of Representative Office in the Mainland

 (a) To apply for a Certificate of Standing from the Law Society addressed to the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China for the purpose of establishing a representative office in the Mainland, please refer to the ‘Certificate of Standing’ section
 (b) Confirmation Notice to the Law Society that the representative office in the Mainland by a Hong Kong law firm has been established.
3.

 Establishment of Association in the Mainland

 (a) To apply for a Certificate of Standing from the Law Society for the purpose of establishing an association between a Hong Kong firm and a Mainland firm under CEPA, please refer to the ‘Certificate of Standing’ section.
 (b) Confirmation Notice to the Law Society that the association with a Mainland firm has commenced.
4.

 Establishment of Overseas Branch Office

 (a) To apply for a Certificate of Standing from the Law Society addressed to the appropriate authority overseas for the purpose of establishing an overseas branch by a Hong Kong law firm, please refer to the ‘Certificate of Standing’ section.
 (b) Confirmation Notice to the Law Society that the overseas branch office has been established.

For enquiries, please contact the Assistant Director, Registration at regist@hklawsoc.org.hk.

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