Lawyers bar Consultants
The society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) decided to ask all management and accounting firms to
stop providing legal advice to their clients, after a recent Supreme Court order that observed that
the expression "to practise the profession of law" under the Advocates Act, 1961 covers both
litigation as well as non-litigation matters, and must be handled only by advocates. This could
translate into the auditing firms losing a substantial amount of revenues and clients. According to
SILF, the foreign law firms have for long been offering advice on non-litigation matters to their
clients. In a recent meeting, the society also decided to take up the issue with the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India and the ministry of corporate affairs.
stop providing legal advice to their clients, after a recent Supreme Court order that observed that
the expression "to practise the profession of law" under the Advocates Act, 1961 covers both
litigation as well as non-litigation matters, and must be handled only by advocates. This could
translate into the auditing firms losing a substantial amount of revenues and clients. According to
SILF, the foreign law firms have for long been offering advice on non-litigation matters to their
clients. In a recent meeting, the society also decided to take up the issue with the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India and the ministry of corporate affairs.
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