Appointment of professional practitioners as company directors requires government approval and may implicate Bar Council discipline. Appointment of practising professionals to company boards requires government approval where applicable; an advocate validly appointed under the Companies Act is not barred from serving by virtue of being a practising lawyer, though the appointment may conflict with the Bar Council Act and that conflict is for the Bar Council to pursue.
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Appointment of professional practitioners as company directors requires government approval and may implicate Bar Council discipline.
Appointment of practising professionals to company boards requires government approval where applicable; an advocate validly appointed under the Companies Act is not barred from serving by virtue of being a practising lawyer, though the appointment may conflict with the Bar Council Act and that conflict is for the Bar Council to pursue.
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