Solicitors (Compensation for Inadequate Professional Services) Order 2005 No. 2749

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 2749

LEGAL PROFESSION, ENGLAND AND WALES

Solicitors (Compensation for Inadequate Professional Services) Order 2005

Made

5th October 2005

Laid before Parliament

10th October 2005

Coming into force

1st January 2006

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1A to the Solicitors Act 1974(1), having consulted the Law Society, hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

1974 c. 47; Schedule 1A was added by Schedule 15 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), and the functions of the Lord Chancellor under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1A transferred to the Secretary of State by Article 9 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to, the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887).