
Addonnx Legal India to open up legal market to UK lawyers and firms; BCI to notify amended rules by end of July The Bar Council of India (BCI) will most likely notify and implement amended regulations to govern the entry of foreign lawyers and foreign law firms by the end of July. For the time being, the Indian legal market will be opened only to lawyers and law firms in the United Kingdom (UK). BCI made this announcement at a meeting held with the Law Society and the Bar Council of England and Wales at the Law Society's Hall in London. The long-awaited move to liberalise the Indian legal market gained impetus in March last year, when the BCI notified the Bar Council of India Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022. This was followed by a press release dated March 19, 2023, issued by the BCI stating that foreign law firms will be allowed to set up offices in India only to advise their foreign clients about foreign laws. Howeve...