Advertisement to Law Practice
Parthasarathi Loganathan
(Querist) 17 October 2010
This query is : Resolved
I appeal to our Experts to share their knowledge and explain on legal perspective as to:
(a) What is Advertisement (on legal context)?
(b) Will free legal aid offered to poor and deprived falls under the ambit of advertisement?
(c) Can a website put in place with the ownership of few service minded lawyers to offer legal services at nominal costs to the clients comes under the purview
of advertisement?
(d) Can the definition varies from activity or uniform to all irrespective of the product marketed?
(e) Keeping in view with the Regulations imposed in the Advocates' Act and BCI, is there any scope for flexibility in the laws to ensure that no lawyer remains unemployed in the country? In other words, if any lawyer who does not generate any regular source of income engages himself to advertise his service, should BCI or Advocates' Act make provisions for the same?
(f) Can the concept of Advertisement in Law Practice and Advertisement in Medical Practice equated in legal perspective?
(g) Can we sincerely admit that all Lawyers and Lawyers in this country have strictly ensured that Advertisement to Law Practice is governed in the true letter and spirit as prescribed in the extant Laws?
(h) Do mere display of name board of an advocate in his residence or law chambers amounts to Advertisement of Law Practice?
(i) If an employee of a Government Organisation or PSU who is a law graduate displays his name board with his law qualifications, does is amount to Advertisement?
Experts can reply point-wise as above and share their valid opinion sincerely supported by logic without prejudice to extant law.
PS: Generic replies like Yes, No, Agreed, Well advised, As above, No solution, etc can be avoided
DEFENSE ADVOCATE.-firmaction@g
(Expert) 17 October 2010
Advertisement is very deficult to define and what ever you have suggested do not come under the advt mischief.
