Solicitors Act, 1954

Number of apprentices.

36.—(1) A solicitor shall not have more than one apprentice at the same time.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a solicitor may have two apprentices at the same time under a written consent of the Society, but the Society shall not grant any such consent except in special circumstances. Such consent shall not be withheld where the two apprentices are the children of the solicitor or where the second apprentice is the child of the solicitor and the first apprentice has been apprenticed with the solicitor for not less than two years.