An Għaqda Studenti Tal-Liġi Policy Paper
the law firm.301 Under this proposal, the Chamber is at liberty to issue certain regulations with relation to both the use of the law firm, and the manner in which the services are set-up.302 The Bill also regulates the name of the firm, in which it states that it would need to be either the name of one or more of the partners if the firm, or the name of a partner who has ceased to be a practising lawyer, or a partner or, an abbreviation of such mentioned names.303 The Chamber would also be able to consent to other names for law firms as long as they do not create public confusion, similar to the law of trademarks under Article 32 of the Commercial Code.304 Article 29 of the 2012 Bill deals with the obligations that are applied to both the partners, and the law firm itself. It states that any action mentioned within the bill may be done by any partner on behalf of the law firm and any action done in the name of the law firm may be done by one or more of the partners.305 Also, if a prohibition is imposed on only one of the partners, such an imposition is applicable to all the partners and the law firm itself even though it may not be directly involved.306 The partners within such a partnership are jointly and severally liable for all the actions and errors of each and every partner, as well as any practising lawyer or any person offering legal service on behalf of the firm.307 The liabilities resulting from any act or omission only come to an end when a partner ceases to form part of the firm either because of retirement, death or any other cause.308
301 ibid, Article 27(1). 302 ibid, Article 27(2). 303 ibid, Article 28. 304 ibid, Article 28. 305 ibid, Article 29(1)(a). 306 ibid, Article 29(1)(b). 307 ibid, Article 29(2). 308 ibid, Article 29(3). 91
