Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“client” means the client of a solicitor;
“costs” means the amount charged in a solicitor’s bill, exclusive of disbursements and value added tax, in respect of non-contentious business;
“entitled person” means a client or an entitled third party;
“entitled third party” means a residuary beneficiary absolutely and immediately (and not contingently) entitled to an inheritance, where a solicitor has charged the estate for his professional costs for acting in the administration of the estate and the only personal representatives are—
solicitors (whether or not acting in a professional capacity);
solicitors acting jointly with partners, managers or employees in a professional capacity;
employees of a solicitor sole practitioner acting in that capacity; or
managers or employees of a recognised body acting in that capacity;
“manager” has the same meaning as in the Legal Services Act 2007(1) (see section 207 of that Act);
“paid disbursements” means disbursements already paid by the solicitor;
“recognised body” means a body recognised by the Law Society under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985(2);
“registered European lawyer” means a registered European lawyer within the meaning of the European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) Regulations 2000(3) who is registered with the Law Society;
“residuary beneficiary” includes a person entitled to all or part of the residue of an intestate estate; and
“solicitor” includes a registered European lawyer and a recognised body.
1985 c. 61, as amended by the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), section 177 and paragraph 81 of Schedule 16.