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Legal Profession Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part 7
Legal Profession Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part 7
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to the provisions of any rules of court, on every taxation of costs in respect of any contentious business, the taxing officer may —
allow interest at such rate and from such time as he thinks just on money disbursed by the advocate and solicitor for the client, and on money of the client in the hands of, and improperly retained by, the advocate and solicitor; and
advocate and solicitor
“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
in determining the remuneration of the advocate and solicitor, having regard to the skill, labour and responsibility involved in the business done by him.
Legal Profession
CAP. 132 40
Remuneration — general
advocate and solicitor
“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
client
“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…
contentious business
“contentious business” means business done as an advocate and solicitor in or for the purposes of proceedings begun before a court of justice or before an arbitrator;