Time :
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Level : / Thursday 6 September 2012
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
2.5 CPD points
HK$440
Intermediate level, for delegates who have prior knowledge of the subject area
* This course is an approved RME elective course / Venue :
Language : / Joint Professional Centre
Unit 1, G/F, The Center,
99 Queen’s Road Central,
Hong Kong
English
Course objective:
Every solicitor should be aware of the Solicitors’ Accounts Rules and related regulations for dealing with and recording client’s money. This course aims to give an overview of the rules and regulations on accounts that are essential to solicitors’ practice. Live working examples will be used to illustrate their applications.
About the course:
· The sources of law for accounting of client’s money.
· Procedure for solicitors’ accounts.
· Solicitors’ Accounts Rules
· Live working examples, on Microsoft Excel, from the speaker, of entries in a client ledger, in accordance with the Solicitors’ Accounts Rules and examples of common pitfalls.
· Other examples, worked on Microsoft Excel, based on questions from the floor.
· What are the changes to the Ordinance relating to gross fee income from accountants.
· Problems encountered with gross fee assessment.
About the presenter:
AB Nasir, Principal, Nasirs®
Mr. Amirali B. Nasir is a solicitor admitted in Hong Kong, England and Wales and the Dubai International Financial Centre, practicing under the name and style of NASIRS ® (formerly AB Nasir & Co.) since 1992. His principal areas of practice are dispute resolution and commercial law. His is a Council member of the Law Society of Hong Kong, Chairman of the Law Society’s Guidance Committee, Chairman of Guide Working Party and a contributor to the Hong Kong Civil Procedure (White Book). He is a regular speaker on risk management, civil procedure, ethics, solicitors’ accounting, mediation and Islamic finance. He is the external examiner for the PCLL solicitors’ accounts course and appointed, by the Chief Justice, on the Panel of the Notaries Public Disciplinary Tribunal.
Enrolment Conditions:
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