Version 2 of the Handbook was published on 23 December 2011, and was superseded by Version 3 on 18 April 2012. For more information, click "History" above.
If in the course of practice you instruct a lawyer of a CCBE state other than the UK you must, as a matter of professional conduct, pay the lawyer's proper fees unless the lawyer is practising as a lawyer of England and Wales; or
you have expressly disclaimed that responsibility at the outset, or at a later date you have expressly disclaimed responsibility for any fees incurred after that date;
the lawyer is an REL or is registered with the Bar of England and Wales under the Establishment Directive; or
the lawyer is an RFL based in England and Wales and practising in a firm.
If in the course of practice you instruct a business carrying on the practice of a lawyer of a CCBE state other than the UK you must, as a matter of professional conduct, pay the proper fees for the work that lawyer does, unless:
you have expressly disclaimed that responsibility at the outset, or at a later date you have expressly disclaimed responsibility for any fees incurred after that date; or
the business is a firm.
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