Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994
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Ancillary provisions in relation to certain applications or orders (Second Schedule to the Act of 1960). |
34.—(1) The Second Schedule to the Act of 1960 shall have effect in relation to all or any documents taken into the possession of the Society under any provision of the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994. | |
(2) The Second Schedule to the Act of 1960 is hereby amended by— | ||
(a) the substitution for the heading thereof and the introductory four line paragraph of the following: | ||
“Provisions Having Effect in Relation to any Documents of a Solicitor's Practice taken into the Possession of the Society | ||
The following provisions shall have effect in relation to any documents of a solicitor's practice taken into the possession of the Society:”, | ||
(b) the insertion of the following paragraph: | ||
“(h) The foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall have effect in relation to documents notwithstanding the existence or alleged existence of any right to possession or retention of such documents or any of them vested in any solicitor or in any other person.”. | ||
(3) The High Court, on the application of the Society and after due notice to and after hearing such person or persons as the Court thinks fit, may order that vouched expenditure incurred by the Society under section 19 (as substituted by this Act) of the Act of 1960 or section 61 (as substituted by this Act) of the Principal Act or section 32 of this Act, including the costs of any person exercising powers and functions under those provisions on behalf of the Society, shall be recouped to the Society by the solicitor concerned or his personal representative and shall be recoverable as a debt owing to the Society. |