Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/582/part/III/crossheading/control-of-solicitors-property-in-certain-cases
Timestamp: 2020-01-27 02:33:48
Document Index: 759554400

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 8', 'art. 41', 'art. 1', 'art. 41', 'art. 1', 'art. 41', 'art. 2']

Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Control of solicitors' property in certain cases
(a)all deeds, wills, documents constituting or evidencing title to any property, papers, books of account, records, vouchers and other documents in his or his firm's possession or control, or relating to any[F5 controlled trust; and]
(a)the date when the orderF5. . . …F6, by or in pursuance of which the solicitor's name is removed from or struck off the roll, or the solicitor is suspended from practice, is to take effect;
(a) a complaint is made to the Council that there has been undue delay on the part of a solicitor in connection with any matter in which he or his firm has been instructed on behalf of a clientF7. . . or any matter which relates to the administration of[F7 a controlled trust or in complying with an order of the Tribunal under Article 51(1)(j), (k) or (l) or (3) or Article 51A; and]
(ii)the personal representatives of a deceased solicitor who immediately before his death was practising as a[F8 sole solicitor], have been guilty of dishonesty or undue delay in administering the affairs of that solicitor's practice or in connection with any trust of which that solicitor was a trustee; or
[F8(1A) Where a solicitor dies and—
40.—(1) At any time after the death of a solicitor who immediately before his death was practising as a sole solicitorF9. . . the Council may, if they think fit, by notice inform the personal representatives of such solicitor and any bank[F9 or building society] with whom[F9 an] account in the name of the solicitor or his firm (being an account in the title of which the word “client” is required by regulations made under Article 33, to appear) is kept, that the provisions of this Article shall apply to suchF9. . . account and on the date of the service of such notices (or if the notices are served on different dates, on the date of the service of the last notice) the right to operate on or otherwise deal with suchF9. . . account shall, notwithstanding any enactment or rule of law to the contrary, vest in the Society to the exclusion of any personal representatives of such solicitor and shall be exercisable as from such date as aforesaid.
(2) For the purpose of this Article a certificate signed by the secretary and certifying that[F9 an] account is an account in the title of which the word “client” is required by such regulations as aforesaid to appear shall be evidence of the matter certified.
F91989 NI 14
[F10Duty to advise client as to representation in courtN.I.
F10Arts. 40A, 40B inserted (prosp.) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 24), ss. 89(2), 111(3) (with s. 106(4))
(a)a solicitor is adjudicated a bankrupt [F11or is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order] [F12or a debt relief order has been made in respect of him or he is the subject of a debt relief restrictions order] [F13, or a composition or scheme proposed by the solicitor has been approved under Chapter 2 of Part 8 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 or the solicitor dies] insolvent, and
(b)the sum at the credit of the client account kept by the solicitor at a bank[F14 or building society] in accordance with regulations made under Article 33, or, where two or more such accounts are kept by the solicitor, the total of the sums at the credit of those accounts, is less than the total of the sums received by the solicitor in the course of his practice on behalf of his clients and remaining due by him to them,
(a)of any account at a bank[F14 or building society] kept by the solicitor in his own name for a specified client,
(b)of sums received by the solicitor in the course of his practice on behalf of that client and remaining due by him to the client so far as represented by the sum in theF14. . . account in the name of the solicitor for the client,
(c)of any account at a bank[F14 or building society] kept by the solicitor in his own name for money of any[F14 controlled trust, or]
(d)of sums received by the solicitor in the course of his practice on behalf of that trust and remaining due by him to the trust so far as represented by the sum in theF14. . . account in the name of the solicitor for the trust.
F11Words in art. 41(3)(a) inserted (21.4.2015) by The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/159), art. 1, Sch. para. 5(9)
F12Words in art. 41(3)(a) inserted (7.3.2016) by The Debt Relief Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/108), art. 1, Sch. para. 7(11)
F13Words in art. 41(3)(a) substituted (1.4.2016) by Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 2), s. 28(2), Sch. 3 para. 3; S.R. 2016/203, art. 2