SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Renaming of the Supreme Courts of England and Wales and Northern Ireland

Part 4Specific Amendments

Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47)

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(1)

The Solicitors Act 1974 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 6 (keeping of the roll) in subsection (1) for “Supreme Court” substitute “ Senior Courts ”.

(3)

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(4)

In section 29 (non-British subjects as solicitors) for “of the Supreme Court or of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland” substitute “ of the Senior Courts or of the Court of Judicature ”.

(5)

In section 50 (jurisdiction over solicitors)—

(a)

in the side-note and subsection (1) for “Supreme Court” substitute “ Senior Courts ”;

(b)

in subsection (2) for “Supreme Court was” substitute “ Senior Courts were ”.

(6)

In section 87 (interpretation) in the definitions of “contentious business”, “the roll”, and “solicitor” for “Supreme Court” substitute “ Senior Courts ”.