Solicitors Remuneration Act, 1881

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Short title; extent; interpretation.

23 & 24 Vict. c. 127.

29 & 30 Vict. c. 84.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Solicitors Remuneration Act, 1881.

(2.) This Act does not extend to Scotland.

(3.) In this Act—

“Solicitor” means a solicitor or proctor qualified according to the statutes in that behalf:

“Client” includes any person who, as a principal, or on behalf of another, or as trustee or executor, or in any other capacity, has power, express or implied, to retain or employ, and retains or employs, or is about to retain or employ, a solicitor, and any person for the time being liable to pay to a solicitor, for his services, any costs, remuneration, charges, expenses, or disbursements:

“Person” includes a body of persons corporate or unincorporate:

“Incorporated Law Society” means, in England, the society referred to under that title in the Solicitors Act, 1860; and, in Ireland, the society referred to under that title in the Attorneys and Solicitors Act (Ireland), 1866:

“Provincial law societies or associations” means all bodies of solicitors in England incorporated by Royal Charter, or under the Joint Stock Companies Act, other than the Incorporated Law Society above mentioned.

General Orders.