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SCHEDULE 2U.K.Exempted contracts

Prospective

PART 2U.K.Subject-matter exempted contracts

Legal servicesU.K.

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)

    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);

    (b)

    a solicitor or advocate in Scotland;

    (c)

    a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland;

    (d)

    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.

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