Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/47/part/III/crossheading/remunerationgeneral
Timestamp: 2020-01-23 04:44:06
Document Index: 775272691

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 9', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 22', 'art. 2']

Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Remuneration—general
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Solicitors Act 1974, Cross Heading: Remuneration—general.
Remuneration—generalE+W
67 Inclusion of disbursements in bill of costs.E+W
A solicitor’s bill of costs may include costs payable in discharge of a liability properly incurred by him on behalf of the party to be charged with the bill (including counsel’s fees) notwithstanding that those costs have not been paid before the delivery of the bill to that party; but those costs—
(a)shall be described in the bill as not then paid; and
(b)if the bill is [F1assessed] , shall not be allowed by the [F2costs officer] unless they are paid before the [F3assessment] is completed.
F1Word in s. 67(b) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 63(a) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F2Words in s. 67(b) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 63(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F3Word in s. 67(b) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 63(c) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
C1S. 67 extended (1.1.1992) by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 22(2); S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2
S. 67 extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119, regs. 1, 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 7(2)
68 Power of court to order solicitor to deliver bill, etc.E+W
(1)The jurisdiction of the High Court to make orders for the delivery by a solicitor of a bill of costs, and for the delivery up of, or otherwise in relation to, any documents in his possession, custody or power, is hereby declared to extend to cases in which no business has been done by him in the High Court.
(2)[F4The county court] [F5and the family court each] have the same jurisdiction as the High Court to make orders making such provision as is mentioned in subsection (1) in cases where the bill of costs or the documents relate wholly or partly to contentious business done by the solicitor in [F6the county] court[F7or (as the case may be) the family court].
(3)In this section and in sections 69 to 71 “solicitor” includes the executors, administrators and assignees of a solicitor.
F4Words in s. 68(2) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F5Words in s. 68(2) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/605), arts. 1, 12(a)
F6Words in s. 68(2) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 130(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F7Words in s. 68(2) inserted (22.4.2014) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/605), arts. 1, 12(b)
C3S. 68 extended (with modifications) (1.7.2009) by The Registered Foreign Lawyers Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1589), art. 3(2)(n), Sch.
C4S. 68 extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119, regs. 1, 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 7(2)
the High Court may, notwithstanding that one month has not expired from the delivery of the bill, order that the solicitor be at liberty to commence an action to recover his costs and may order that those costs be [F8assessed].
[F9(2)The requirements referred to in subsection (1) are that the bill must be—
(3)Where a bill of costs relates wholly or partly to contentious business done in [F10the county court] and the amount of the bill does not exceed [F11£5,000], the powers and duties of the High Court under this section and sections 70 and 71 in relation to that bill may be exercised and performed by [F12the county court].
[F14(5)In this section references to an electronic signature are to be read in accordance with section 7(2) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 (c. 7).
F8Word in s. 69(1) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 64(2) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F9S. 69(2)-(2F) substituted (7.3.2008) for s. 69(2) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 64(3) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2008/222, art. 2(j)(i)
F10Words in s. 69(3) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F11Words in s. 69(3) substituted by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(8), Schedule Part I
F12Words in s. 69(3) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 130(c); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F13S. 69(4) omitted by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(8), Schedule Part I
F14S. 69(5)(6) inserted (7.3.2008) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 64(4) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2008/222, art. 2(j)(i)
C5Ss. 69-71 extended by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(7)
C6S. 69 modified (temp.) (31.3.2009) Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 209, 211, Sch. 22 para. 14 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(e)
C7S. 69 applied (with modifications) (23.12.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2866), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 paras. 1, 3, 7
C8S. 69(1) extended (1.1.1992) by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 22(2); S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2
C9S. 69(2A) applied (with modifications) by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61), Sch. 2 para. 29(1) (as substituted (7.3.2008) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 115 (with ss. 29, 192, 193)); S.I. 2008/222, art. 2(j)(ii)
C10S. 69(2E) applied (with modifications) by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61), Sch. 2 para. 29(2) (as substituted (7.3.2008) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 115 (with ss. 29, 192, 193)); S.I. 2008/222, art. 2(j)(ii)
70[F15Assessment] on application of party chargeable or solicitor.E+W
(1)Where before the expiration of one month from the delivery of a solicitor’s bill an application is made by the party chargeable with the bill, the High Court shall, without requiring any sum to be paid into court, order that the bill be [F16assessed] and that no action be commenced on the bill until the [F17assessment] is completed.
(2)Where no such application is made before the expiration of the period mentioned in subsection (1), then, on an application being made by the solicitor or, subject to subsections (3) and (4), by the party chargeable with the bill, the court may on such terms, if any, as it thinks fit (not being terms as to the costs of the [F18assessment]), order—
(a)that the bill be [F19assessed]; and
(b)that no action be commenced on the bill, and that any action already commenced be stayed, until the [F18assessment] is completed.
(3)Where an application under subsection (2) is made by the party chargeable with the bill—
(a)after the expiration of 12 months from the delivery of the bill, or
(b)after a judgment has been obtained for the recovery of the costs covered by the bill, or
(c)after the bill has been paid, but before the expiration of 12 months from the payment of the bill.
no order shall be made except in special circumstances and, if an order is made, it may contain such terms as regards the costs of the [F20assessment] as the court may think fit.
(4)The power to order [F20assessment] conferred by subsection (2) shall not be exercisable on an application made by the party chargeable with the bill after the expiration of 12 months from the payment of the bill.
(5)An order for the [F20assessment] of a bill made on an application under this section by the party chargeable with the bill shall, if he so requests, be an order for the [F20assessment] of the profit costs covered by the bill.
(6)Subject to subsection (5), the court may under this section order the [F21assessment] of all the costs, or of the profit costs, or of the costs other than profit costs and, where part of the costs is not to be [F22assessed], may allow an action to be commenced or to be continued for that part of the costs.
(7)Every order for the [F23assessment] of a bill shall require the [F24costs officer] to [F25assess] not only the bill but also the costs of the [F23assessment] and to certify what is due to or by the solicitor in respect of the bill and in respect of the costs of the taxation .
(8)If after due notice of any [F26assessment] either party to it fails to attend, the officer may proceed with the [F26assessment] ex parte.
(9)Unless—
(a)the order [F27for assessment] was made on the application of the solicitor and the party chargeable does not attend [F28the assessment] , or
(b)the order [F27for assessment] or an order under subsection (10) otherwise provides,
the costs of [F29an assessment] shall be paid according to the event of [F28the assessment] , that is to say, if [F30the amount of the bill is reduced by one fifth], the solicitor shall pay the costs, but otherwise the party chargeable shall pay the costs.
(10)The [F31costs officer] may certify to the court any special circumstances relating to a bill or to the [F32assessment] of a bill, and the court may make such order as respects the costs of the [F32assessment] as it may think fit.
(11)F33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(12)In this section “profit costs” means costs other than counsel’s fees or costs paid or payable in the discharge of a liability incurred by the solicitor on behalf of the party chargeable, and the reference in subsection (9) to the fraction of the amount [F34of the reduction in the bill] shall be taken, where the [F35assessment] concerns only part of the costs covered by the bill, as a reference to that fraction of the amount of those costs which is being [F36assessed].
F15S. 70: word in section heading substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(a) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F16Word in s. 70(1) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(b)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F17Word in s. 70(1) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(b)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F18Word in s. 70(2) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(c)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F19Word in s. 70(2) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(c)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F20Words in s. 70(3)-(5) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(d) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F21Word in s. 70(6) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(e)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F22Word in s. 70(6) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(e)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F23Word in s. 70(7) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(f)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F24Words in s. 70(7) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(f)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193)
F25Word in s. 70(7) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(f)(iii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F26Words in s. 70(8) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(g) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F27Words in s. 70(9) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(h)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F28Words in s. 70(9) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(h)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F29Words in s. 70(9) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(h)(iii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F30Words in s. 70(9) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(h)(iv) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F31Words in s. 70(10) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(i)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F32Words in s. 70(10) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(i)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F33S. 70(11) repealed (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(j), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F34Words in s. 70(12) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(k)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F35Word in s. 70(12) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(k)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F36Word in s. 70(12) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 65(k)(iii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
C11S. 70 extended (1.1.1992) by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 22(2); S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2
Ss. 69-71 extended by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(7)
S. 70 extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119, regs. 1, 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 7(2)
C12Ss. 70-74 applied (with modifications) (23.12.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2866), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 paras. 1, 3, 5
71[F37Assessment] on application of third parties.E+W
(1)Where a person other than the party chargeable with the bill for the purposes of section 70 has paid, or is or was liable to pay, a bill either to the solicitor or to the party chargeable with the bill, that person, or his executors, administrators or assignees may apply to the High Court for an order for the [F38assessment] of the bill as if he were the party chargeable with it, and the court may make the same order (if any) as it might have made if the application had been made by the party chargeable with the bill.
(2)Where the court has no power to make an order by virtue of subsection (1) except in special circumstances it may, in considering whether there are special circumstances sufficient to justify the making of an order, take into account circumstances which affect the applicant but do not affect the party chargeable with the bill.
(3)Where a trustee, executor or administrator has become liable to pay a bill of a solicitor, then, on the application of any person interested in any property out of which the trustee, executor or administrator has paid, or is entitled to pay, the bill, the court may order—
(a)that the bill be [F39assessed] on such terms, if any, as it thinks fit; and
(b)that such payments, in respect of the amount found to be due to or by the solicitor and in respect of the costs of the [F40assessment], be made to or by the applicant, to or by the solicitor, or to or by the executor, administrator or trustee, as it thinks fit.
(4)In considering any application under subsection (3) the court shall have regard—
(a)to the provisions of section 70 as to applications by the party chargeable for the [F41assessment] of a solicitor’s bill so far as they are capable of being applied to an application made under that subsection;
(b)to the extent and nature of the interest of the applicant.
(5)If an applicant under subsection (3) pays any money to the solicitor, he shall have the same right to be paid that money by the trustee, executor or administrator chargeable with the bill as the solicitor had.
(6)Except in special circumstances, no order shall be made on an application under this section for the [F42assessment] of a bill which has already been [F43assessed].
(7)If the court on an application under this section orders a bill to be [F44assessed], it may order the solicitor to deliver to the applicant a copy of the bill on payment of the costs of that copy.
F37S. 71: word in section heading substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 66(a) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F38Word in s. 71(1) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 66(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F39Word in s. 71(3) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 66(c)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F40Word in s. 71(3) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 66(c)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F41Word in s. 71(4) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 66(d) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F42Word in s. 71(6) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 66(e)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F43Word in s. 71(6) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 66(e)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F44Word in s. 71(7) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 66(f) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
C13S. 71 extended (1.1.1992) by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 22(2); S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2
S. 71 extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119, regs. 1, 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 7(2)
72 Supplementary provisions as to [F45assessments].E+W
(1)Every application for an order for the [F46assessment] of a solicitor’s bill or for the delivery of a solicitor’s bill and for the delivery up by a solicitor of any documents in his possession, custody or power shall be made in the matter of that solicitor.
(2)Where a [F47costs officer] is in the course of [F48assessing] a bill of costs, he may request the [F47costs officer] of any other court to assist him in [F48assessing] any part of the bill, and the [F47costs officer] so requested shall [F49assess] that part of the bill and shall return the bill with his opinion on it to the [F47costs officer] making the request.
(3)Where a request is made as mentioned in subsection (2), the [F50costs officer] who is requested to [F51assess] part of a bill shall have such powers, and may take such fees, in respect of that part of the bill, as he would have or be entitled to take if he were [F52assessing] that part of the bill in pursuance of an order of the court of which he is an officer; and the [F50costs officer] who made the request shall not take any fee in respect of that part of the bill.
(4)The certificate of the [F53costs officer] by whom any bill has been [F54assessed] shall, unless it is set aside or altered by the court, be final as to the amount of the costs covered by it, and the court may make such order in relation to the certificate as it thinks fit, including, in a case where the retainer is not disputed, an order that judgment be entered for the sum certified to be due with costs.
F45S. 72: word in section heading substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 67(a) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F46Word in s. 72(1) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 67(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F47Words in s. 72(2) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 67(c)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F48Words in s. 72(2) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 67(c)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F49Word in s. 72(2) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 67(c)(iii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F50Words in s. 72(3) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 67(d)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F51Word in s. 72(3) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 67(d)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F52Word in s. 72(3) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 67(d)(iii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F53Words in s. 72(4) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 67(e)(i) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F54Word in s. 72(4) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 67(e)(ii) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
C14S. 72 extended (1.1.1992) by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 22(2); S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2
S. 72 extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119, regs. 1, 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 7(2)
73 Charging orders.E+W
(1)Subject to subsection (2), any court in which a solicitor has been employed to prosecute or defend any suit, matter or proceedings may at any time—
(a)declare the solicitor entitled to a charge on any property recovered or preserved through his instrumentality for his [F55assessed] costs in relation to that suit, matter or proceeding; and
(b)make such orders for the [F56assessment] of those costs and for raising money to pay or for paying them out of the property recovered or preserved as the court thinks fit;
and all conveyances and acts done to defeat, or operating to defeat, that charge shall, except in the case of a conveyance to a bona fide purchaser for value without notice, be void as against the solicitor.
(2)No order shall be made under subsection (1) if the right to recover the costs is barred by any statute of limitations.
F55Word in s. 73(1) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 68(a) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F56Word in s. 73(1) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 68(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
C15S. 73 extended (1.1.1992) by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 22(2); s.I. 1991/2683, art. 2
S. 73 extended (31.1.1997) by 1996 c. 23, ss. 75, 93(6), Sch. 2 para. 12 (with ss. 1, 2, 5, 81, 84, 93(6), 94, 95, 106);S.I. 1996/3146, art. 3
S. 73 extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119, regs. 1, 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 7(2)
74 Special provisions as to contentious business done in county courts.E+W
(1)The remuneration of a solicitor in respect of contentious business done by him in [F57the county court] shall be regulated in accordance with sections 59 to 73, and for that purpose those sections shall have effect subject to the following provisions of this section.
F58(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)The amount which may be allowed on the [F59assessment] of any costs or bill of costs in respect of any item relating to proceedings in [F60the county court] shall not, except in so far as rules of court may otherwise provide, exceed the amount which could have been allowed in respect of that item as between party and party in those proceedings, having regard to the nature of the proceedings and the amount of the claim and of any counterclaim.
F57Words in s. 74(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 26(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F58S. 74(2) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 26(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F59Word in s. 74(3) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 69(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(f)(ii) (with art. 9)
F60Words in s. 74(3) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
C16S. 74 extended (1.1.1992) by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 22(2); S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2
C17S. 74 extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119, regs. 1, 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 7(2)
C18Power to apply conferred by Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c. 42, SIF 49:3), s. 42(2)
C19S. 74(3) extended by S.I. 1988/1328, reg. 22
C20S. 74(3) applied by The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (S.I. 1998/3132) rule 46.9 (as substituted (1.4.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/262), art. 2, rule 16, Sch. (with art. 22))
75 Saving for certain enactments.E+W
Nothing in this Part of this Act shall affect the following enactments, that is to say—
F61(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)F62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)any of the provisions of the M1Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1973;
(e)any other enactment not expressly repealed by this Act which authorises the making of rules or orders or the giving of directions with respect to costs, or which provides that any such rule, order or direction made or given under a previous enactment shall continue in force.
F61S. 75(a) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Gp. 5
F62S. 75(b) repealed (13.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), ss. 133-135, 136(2), Sch. 11 para. 12(3), Sch. 13 (with s. 129, Sch. 12 para. 1); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)
F63S. 75(d) repealed by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34, SIF 77:1), s. 45, Sch. 6
C21S. 75 extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119, regs. 1, 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 7(2)
M11973 c. 14.