Example sentences of "[prep] [art] solicitors act " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 37 of the Solicitors Act 1843 ( 6 & 7 Vict. c. 73 ) provided that no solicitor could commence an action for fees until one month after he delivered to his client a bill of fees . |
| 2 | Similarly , I think section 37 of the Solicitors Act 1843 deals , not with the right of the solicitor , but with the procedure to enforce that right . |
| 3 | The debtor obtained an order from the county court that the statutory demand and bankruptcy petition be set aside on the ground that the service of the statutory demand had contravened the provision in section 69(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 that ‘ no action shall be brought ’ to recover any costs due to a solicitor within one month of the bill having been delivered . |
| 4 | Held , allowing the appeal , that although ‘ action ’ in section 69 of the Solicitors Act 1974 was to be construed liberally it could extend only to forms of legal process and did not embrace a statutory demand , the service of which was merely part of the statutorily prescribed procedure for obtaining remedies afforded to creditors by a bankruptcy order and did not of itself initiate legal proceedings ; that a solicitor was therefore not debarred by section 69(1) from serving a statutory demand for payment of his costs before the expiration of one month from the date of delivery of his bill of costs ; and that , accordingly , since the statutory demand and petition were valid , they would be remitted to the district judge for hearing ( post , pp. 1029E–F , G — 1030A , 1031E ) . |
| 5 | On 28 January 1992 District Judge Harris sitting in the Liverpool County Court granted the debtor 's application to set aside a statutory demand dated 15 August 1991 which had been served on the debtor on 21 August 1991 by the creditors , Marshalls , a firm of solicitors , in respect of their unpaid bill of 31 July 1991 , and dismissed the bankruptcy petition founded on that demand , which had been issued on 20 September 1991 , on the basis that the service of the statutory demand had contravened section 69(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 . |
| 6 | By a notice of appeal dated 25 February 1992 the creditors appealed on the ground , inter alia , that the service of a statutory demand was not the bringing of an action and therefore did not contravene section 69 of the Solicitors Act 1974 . |
| 7 | In the end it seemed to be more or less common ground that the judge did not formally state his reasons when he made his order , although in the course of argument he had indicated that he had sympathy for the debtor 's argument based on section 69 of the Solicitors Act 1974 . |
| 8 | Counsel for the debtor relied on section 69(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 : |
| 9 | Some reliance was also placed on the fact that the 31 July bill did not comply with the requirements of section 67 of the Solicitors Act 1974 . |
| 10 | The Assistant Director was acting under the authority of a Council resolution made under Section 79 of the Solicitors Act 1974 [ as substituted by Section 97 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ] . |
| 11 | ‘ indemnity rules ’ means rules made under section 37 of the Solicitors Act 1974 ; |
| 12 | ‘ ( a ) For the avoidance of doubt , neither registration in the register of foreign lawyers , nor anything in these rules or in any other rules made under Part II of the Solicitors Act 1974 or section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 , shall entitle any registered foreign lawyer to be granted any right of audience or any right to conduct litigation within the meaning of Part II and section 119 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 , or any right to supervise or assume any responsibility for the exercise of such rights . |
| 13 | Rules dated made by the Council of the Law Society with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls under section 9 of the Administration of justice Act 1985 , Part II of the Solicitors Act 1974 and schedule 15 paragraph 6 of the Financial Services Act 1985 , regulating the incorporated practices of solicitors and registered foreign lawyers in England and Wales and overseas . |
| 14 | ( d ) ‘ indemnity rules ’ means rules made under section 37 of the Solicitors Act 1974 and section 9 of the Act ; |
| 15 | ( h ) ‘ solicitor ’ means a person qualified to act as a solicitor under section 1 of the Solicitors Act 1974 ; |
| 16 | ( i ) the practising certificate of any member is withdrawn due to non-renewal under Section 14(5) of the Solicitors Act 1974 provided that a new practising certificate is issued within two months of such expiry ; or |
| 17 | ( b ) a director or member has been the subject of an order under section 47(2) ( a ) – ( c ) of the Solicitors Act 1974 or Schedule 14 paragraph 15(4) ( a ) – ( c ) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 190 ; |
| 18 | It must however be emphasized that these powers can not be used by a solicitors ' incorporated practice to do anything in breach of the Solicitors Act 1974 , the Rules or any rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to incorporated practices — in this regard attention is drawn to the proviso set out in Clause 3(a) . |
| 19 | ( a ) To carry on business consisting of the provision of professional services such as are provided by individuals practising as solicitors and by multi-national partnerships PROVIDED THAT nothing in any sub-clause of this Clause shall give the Company power to do anything in breach of the Solicitors Act 1974 , the Rules or any rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to recognised bodies by virtue of the Rules or section 9 of the AJA . |
| 20 | ‘ solicitor ’ means a person qualified to act as a solicitor under s.1 of the Solicitors Act 1974 . |
| 21 | ( 1 ) if he ceases to be qualified to act as a solicitor under Section 1 of the Solicitors Act 1974 , or , in the case of a registered foreign lawyer his name is struck off the register of foreign lawyers or his registration is suspended or cancelled . |
| 22 | It must however be emphasised that these powers can not be used by a solicitors ' incorporated practice to do anything in breach of the Solicitors Act 1974 , the Rules or any rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to incorporated practices — in this regard attention is drawn to the proviso set out in Clause 3(a) . |
| 23 | ( a ) To carry on business consisting of the provision of professional services such as are provided by individuals practising as solicitors and by multi-national partnerships PROVIDED THAT nothing in any sub-clause of this Clause shall give the Company power to do any thing in breach of the Solicitors Act 1974 , the Rules or any rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to recognised bodies by virtue of the Rules or section 9 of the AJA . |
| 24 | ‘ solicitor ’ means a person qualified to act as a solicitor under s.1 of the Solicitors Act 1974 . |
| 25 | ( 1 ) if he ceases to be qualified to act as a solicitor under Section 1 of the Solicitors Act 1974 , or , in the case of a registered foreign lawyer his name is struck off the register of foreign lawyers or his registration is suspended or cancelled . |
| 26 | ( a ) The individual solicitor Practising Certificates By s1 of the Solicitors Act the essential qualifications for practice as a solicitor are admission as a solicitor , enrolment and the possession of a current practising certificate . |
| 27 | Where a person continues to act as a solicitor having failed to comply with these requirements he commits an offence under s20 of the Solicitors Act . |
| 28 | Under the former practice ( see s14 of the Solicitors Act as originally enacted ) , certificates were issued by the Law Society during the months of November and December of each year and backdated to 1 November . |
| 29 | By s12 of the Solicitors Act , the Law Society is given discretion to grant or refuse an application for a practising certificate in the following cases : ( 1 ) a first application ; ( 2 ) an application by a solicitor who has never held an unconditional certificate since admission ; ( 3 ) where 12 months or more will have elapsed since a practising certificate was last held ; ( 4 ) after the disciplinary tribunal has ordered a penalty or costs against the applicant or delivered a reprimand ; ( 5 ) after failure by the applicant to offer sufficient explanation for his or her professional conduct after being called upon so to do ; ( 6 ) after failure to deliver an accountant 's report in due time ( and an additional fee will be payable if the discretion is not invoked to refuse the application ) ; ( 7 ) after the expiry of a period of suspension ; ( 8 ) after the name of the applicant who has been struck off is restored to the roll ; ( 9 ) while the applicant is an undischarged bankrupt ; ( 10 ) after the applicant 's discharge from bankruptcy or after the applicant has entered into a composition or deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors ; ( 11 ) while the applicant is a patient as defined by s94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or a person as to whom powers have been exercised under s104 of the Mental Health Act 1959 or s98 of the 1983 Act ; ( 12 ) where the applicant has received a sentence of imprisonment ; ( 13 ) where the applicant has failed to satisfy a money judgment against him or her which is not a judgment limited to costs and which is not a judgment in respect of which indemnity or relief from some other person is available . |
| 30 | The Indemnity Fund was established ( pursuant to s37 of the Solicitors Act ) to provide indemnity against loss arising from claims in respect of any description of civil liability incurred : ( 1 ) by a solicitor or former solicitor in connection with his practice or with any trust of which he is or formerly was a trustee ; and ( 2 ) by an employee or former employee of a solicitor or former solicitor in connection with that solicitor 's practice or with any trust of which that solicitor or the employee is or formerly was a trustee . |