| Organization | Category | Status |
| Law Council of Australia | Pro | Policy on Lawyers' Business Structures, adopted October 2001.
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| Law Society of New South Wales | Permitted | Legal Profession Act 2004 and Regulations 2005.
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| New Zealand Law Society | Not Permitted | Rule of Professional Conduct last amended Jan. 1, 1996.
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| Canadian Bar Association | Pro | Resolution adopted August 19-20, 2000.
Resolution adopted Feb. 17, 2001 added certain restrictions.
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| Federation of Law Societies of Canada | Neutral | Report of the National MDP Committee of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada (2000 Annual Meeting)
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| Law Society of Upper Canada | Permits Variations | Multi-Disciplinary Practice Task Force Report to Convocation (September 21, 2000)
Supplementary Material to the Multi-Disciplinary Practice Task Force Report
Multi-Disciplinary Practice Task Force Implementation Phase (April 26, 2001)
Supplementary Material to the Multi-Disciplinary Practice Task Force Report Implementation Phase
By-Law 25 last amended May 24, 2001, permits partnering with nonlawyers for practice of law only.
By-Law 32 last amended Sept. 28, 2001, permits affiliations with entities that deliver non-legal services.
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| Law Society of British Columbia | Rejected | In December 2001, Benchers rejected a set of proposed Law Society rules that would have allowed lawyers to engage in multidisciplinary practice with non-lawyers.
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| Ontario Bar Association | Pro | The Report of Canadian Bar Association-Ontario Committee on Multi-Disciplinary Practices And the Legal Profession (May 11, 2000)
Council approved resolution on December 8, 2000.
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| Brussels (French) | Permits Variation | Agreement entered into with CPAs on January 6, 2000 permits partnerships only with separate billing.
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| Law Society of England and Wales | Pro | Report of the Review of the Regulatory Framework for Legal Services in England and Wales (Clementi Report) (December 2004)
The Legal Services Act 2007
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| France | Permitted | National Bar Council adopted in March 1999.
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| Germany | Permitted | Federal legislation expressly permits as of October 1994.
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| Netherlands | Permits Some Variations | Regulation adopted in 1993 permits members of the bar to enter into partnership with certain professional categories, but not accountants. In Feb. 2002, the court ruled that it is permissible for such a regulation to prohibit multidisciplinary partnerships between members of the Bar and accountants.
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| Law Society of Scotland | Con | Policy adopted on June 29, 2000.
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Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union (CCBE) | Con | Position of CCBE on Integrated Forms of Co-operation Between Lawyers and Persons Outside the Legal Profession, adopted in Athens on November 12th, 1999.
Analysis of the Nova I Judgement and Guidance to Bars on Professional Rules following Nova I Decision (May 2002)
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| UIA | Neutral | |