Legal Profession Act · s 44

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s 44Contentious business agreements

(1)

Subject to the provisions of any other written law, an advocate and solicitor may make an agreement in writing with his client respecting the amount and manner of payment for the whole or any part of his costs in respect of contentious business done or to be done by him (in this Act referred to as a contentious business agreement) providing that he shall be remunerated by a gross sum, or by a salary, or otherwise, and whether at a higher or lower rate than that at which he would otherwise be entitled to be remunerated.

(2)

Every contentious business agreement shall be signed by the client and shall be subject to the provisions and conditions contained in this

Part.