Solicitors' Remuneration Order 1972
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1972/1139 |
| Year | 1972 |
1972 No. 1139 (L. 14)
SOLICITORS
The Solicitors' Remuneration Order 197227thJuly 1972
7thAugust 1972
1stJanuary 1973
We, Quintin McGarel, Baron Hailsham of Saint Marylebone, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, John Passmore, Baron Widgery, Lord Chief Justice of England, Alfred Thompson, Baron Denning, Master of the Rolls, Sir Desmond Heap, President of The Law Society and George Pownall Atkinson, Esquire, President of the Bristol Law Society (being the persons authorised by section 56 of the Solicitors Act 1957(a) to make general orders prescribing and regulating the remuneration of solicitors in respect of non-contentious business generally) and Theodore Burton Fox Ruoff, Esquire, C.B., C.B.E., Chief Land Registrar (being a person so authorised in respect of business under the Land Registration Act 1925(b)) do hereby make the following Order in exercise of the powers vested in us by the said section:—
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Solicitors' Remuneration Order 1972.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(c) shall apply to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(3) This Order shall come into operation on 1st January 1973 and shall apply to all business for which instructions are accepted on or after that date.
2. A solicitor's remuneration for non-contentious business (including business under the Land Registration Act 1925) shall be such sum as may be fair and reasonable having regard to all the circumstances of the case and in particular to—
(i) the complexity of the matter or the difficulty or novelty of the questions raised;
(ii) the skill, labour, specialised knowledge and responsibility involved;
(iii) the time spent on the business;
(iv) the number and importance of the documents prepared or perused, without regard to length;
(v) the place where and the circumstances in which the business or any part thereof is transacted;
(vi) the amount or value of any money or property involved;
(vii) whether any land involved is registered land within the meaning of the Land Registration Act 1925; and
(viii) the importance of the matter to the client.
(a) 1957 c. 27.
(b) 1925 c. 21.
(c) 1889 c. 63.
3.—(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of sections 69, 70 and 71 of the Solicitors Act 1957 (which relate to taxation of costs) the client may require the solicitor to obtain a certificate from The Law Society stating that in their opinion the sum charged is fair and reasonable...
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