Legal Profession Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part 7
40. Prohibition of certain transactions
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No advocate and solicitor shall —
advocate and solicitor
“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
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purchase or agree to purchase the interest or any part of the interest of his client or of any party in any suit, action or other contentious proceedings brought or to be brought or maintained; or
enter into any agreement, other than any agreement for the taking of contingency fees made in accordance with rules made under section 65, by which he is retained or employed to prosecute any suit or action or other contentious proceeding which stipulates for or contemplates payment only in the event of success in that suit, action or proceeding.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to give validity to any purchase or agreement prohibited by subsection (1) or to any disposition, contract, settlement, conveyance, delivery, dealing or transfer which is void or invalid against —
a trustee under the law relating to bankruptcy;
a liquidator or receiver under the law relating to the winding up of companies; or
a creditor in any composition.
Non-contentious business
Terms defined in s 2
advocate and solicitor
Defined · s 2“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
client
Defined · s 2“client” includes — (a) in relation to contentious business, any person who as principal or on behalf of another person retains or employs, or is about to retain or employ, an advocate and solicitor, and any person who is or may be liable to pay an advocate and solicitor’s costs; * Please refer to N 1 ** Please refer to N 2 *** Please refer to N 3…
non-contentious business
Defined · s 2“non-contentious business” means any business done as an advocate and solicitor which is not contentious business as defined by this section;