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Schedule 2 Legal services practices: Supplementary ProvisionsI1C1F1

England and Wales

  1. Interpretation
  2. Appeal against refusal of Society to grant recognition etc
  3. Accounts rules
  4. Interest on clients’ money
  5. Inspection of bank accounts
  6. Accountants’ reports
  7. Compensation Fund
  8. Solicitor who is justice of the peace not to act in certain proceedings
  9. Restriction on employment of person struck off roll or suspended
  10. Failure to disclose fact of having been struck off or suspended
  11. Control of employment of persons convicted of offences of dishonesty and certain other persons
  12. Offences in connection with orders under section 43(2) of the 1974 Act
  13. Powers of Council in respect of inadequate professional services
  14. information about suitatbility for recognition
  15. Power to charge for costs of investigation
  16. Disciplinary powers of the Society
  17. Lay observers
  18. Complaints to Tribunal with respect to recognised bodies and recognised sole solicitor’s practice,
  19. Procedure on applications and complaints
  20. Powers of Tribunal with respect to recognised bodies
  21. Powers of Tribunal in respect of inadequate professional services
  22. Powers of Tribunal in respect of legal aid complaints
  23. Revocation of recognition by reason of default by director
  24. Costs: general modification of provisions of Part III of 1974 Act
  25. Orders as to remuneration for non-contentious business
  26. Effect of contentious business agreements
  27. Effect on contentious business agreement of supervening incapacity of recognised body to act for client
  28. Assessments with respect to contentious business
  29. Power of court to order delivery of bill of costs, etc.
  30. Power of court to order recognised body to pay over clients’ money
  31. Actions to recover costs
  32. Power of Society to inspect files relating to certain proceedings
  33. Bank accounts
  34. Intervention by Society
  35. Privilege from disclosure etc.
  36. Modification of enactments relating to conveyancing etc.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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Words in Sch. 2 heading substituted (31.3.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 85 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/503, art. 2(b)(ii)

Modifications

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Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) by SI 2000/1119 Sch. 4 para. 24(2) (as substituted (1.11.2015) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society) (Modification of Functions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/401), art. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(c)(ii))

Commencement

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Sch. 2 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 69(2) and S.I. 1991/2683, art. 2