14(1)A contract for the provision of exempt legal services to a contracting authority.
(2)The following services are “exempt legal services”—
(a)legal representation by a lawyer in judicial proceedings or other dispute resolution proceedings, whether in or outside the United Kingdom;
(b)the giving of legal advice by a lawyer in connection with, or in contemplation of, any such proceedings;
(c)document certification or authentication services provided by a notary in circumstances where the certification or authentication is required under an enactment or other rule of law to be performed by a notary;
(d)legal services provided by a person required to provide them under an enactment or an order of a court or tribunal.
(3)In this paragraph—
“judicial proceedings” includes proceedings before a court, tribunal or public authority;
“lawyer” means—
a person who is an authorised person or an exempt person in relation to a reserved legal activity for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007 (see sections 18 and 19 of that Act);
a solicitor or advocate in Scotland;
a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland;
a person who is a member, and entitled to practise as such, of a legal profession regulated in a jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom;
“other dispute resolution proceedings” includes arbitration, mediation and conciliation.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 14 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)
I2Sch. 2 para. 14 in force at 24.2.2025 by S.I. 2024/716, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2024/959, regs. 1(2), 2(7)(a))