SCHEDULES

C16SCHEDULE 1 Intervention in Solicitor’s Practice

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Part II Powers Exercisable on Intervention

General

C1C2C312

The powers in relation to sums of money F1, documents and other property conferred by this Part of this Schedule shall be exercisable notwithstanding any lien on them or right to their possession.

C4C5C613

Subject to any order for the payment of costs that may be made on an application to the court under this Schedule, any costs incurred by the Society for the purposes of this Schedule, including, without prejudice to the generality of this paragraph, the costs of any person exercising powers under this Part of this Schedule on behalf of the Society, shall be paid by the Solicitor or his personal representatives and shall be recoverable from him or them as a debt owing to the Society.

F213A

1

The High Court, on the application of the Society, may order a former partner of the solicitor to pay a specified proportion of the costs mentioned in paragraph 13.

2

The High Court may make an order under this paragraph only if it is satisfied that the conduct (or any part of the conduct) by reason of which the powers conferred by this Part were exercisable in relation to the solicitor was conduct carried on with the consent or connivance of, or was attributable to any neglect on the part of, the former partner.

3

In this paragraph “ specified ” means specified in the order made by the High Court.

C7C8C914

Where an offence under this Schedule committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

C10C11C1215

Any application to the High Court under this Schedule may be disposed of in chambers.

C13C14C1516

The Society may do all things which are reasonably necessary for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of its powers under this Schedule.