Where a solicitor [F1or an incorporated practice], authorised by and acting for a client employs another solicitor [F2or incorporated practice] he [F3or, as the case may be, it] shall (whether or not he [F3or, as the case may be, it] discloses the client) be liable to the other solicitor [F2or incorporated practice] for that other solicitor’s [F4or incorporated practice’s] fees and outlays, unless at the time of the employment he [F3or, as the case may be, it] expressly disclaims any such liability.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 76:2), s. 56, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 7(a)
F2Words inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 76:2), s. 56, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 7(b)
F3Words inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 76:2), s. 56, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 7(c)
F4Words inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 76:2), s. 56, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 7(d)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 30 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2004) by The Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (Foreign Lawyers and Multi-national Practices) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/383), reg. 13