170. A practising barrister may not, save insofar as the Overseas Practice Rules (Annex 14) permit or with the permission of the Bar Council, accept instructions to undertake any matter in any Commonwealth or Common Law country except through a member of the legal profession entitled in that country to give such instructions or through a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong. The same rule applies in any other country unless the barrister is a member of the Bar of the country concerned.

171. (a) An overseas barrister must first be admitted to the Hong Kong Bar before he is entitled to perform the work of a barrister in Hong Kong.

(b) An overseas barrister called to the Hong Kong Bar for the purpose of any particular case or cases under s.27(2) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, Cap 159 of the Laws of Hong Kong, may not while in Hong Kong accept instructions or conduct any litigation otherwise than in relation to the case or cases for which he has been admitted.

(c) An overseas barrister admitted as aforesaid shall not accept any instructions or conduct any litigation in relation to the case or cases for which he is admitted unless a Hong Kong barrister has been instructed with him.

172. The rules for overseas practice, including practice in Hong Kong for which special provision is required because of its overseas connection, are set out in Annex 14, and shall apply where appropriate.

[The next paragraph number is 174.]

174. A practising barrister who is also qualified in some other system of law and practises concurrently in Hong Kong must observe the rules set out in Annex 16.

[The next paragraph number is 180.]