Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934

Payment of compensation and costs.

43.—Any sum awarded as compensation shall, unless paid into Court under this Act, be paid on the receipt of the person to whom it is payable under any agreement or order of the Court, and the solicitor of a person claiming compensation under this Act shall not be entitled to recover from him any costs in respect of any proceedings under this Act, or to claim a lien in respect of such costs on, or deduct such costs from, the sum awarded or agreed as compensation, except such sum as may be awarded by the Court, on an application made either by the person claiming compensation, or by his solicitor, to determine the amount of costs to be paid to the solicitor, such sum to be awarded subject to taxation and to the scale of costs fixed by Rules of Court.