Legal Profession Act · s 50

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s 50Security for costs and termination of retainer

(1)

An advocate and solicitor may take security from his client for his costs, to be ascertained by taxation or otherwise, in respect of any contentious business to be done by him.

(2)

If an advocate and solicitor who has been retained by a client to conduct contentious business requests the client to make a payment of a sum of money, being a reasonable sum on account of the costs incurred or to be incurred in the conduct of that business and the client refuses or fails within a reasonable time to make that payment, the refusal or failure is deemed to be a good cause whereby the advocate and solicitor may, upon giving reasonable notice to the client, withdraw from the retainer.