# The Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 2003 Order” means the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;
“the 2015 Order” means the Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015;
“advice”, “assistance” and “representation” have the respective meanings given by Article 2(2) of the 2003 Order;
“certificate” means a certificate granted under the General Regulations;
“civil legal services” has the meaning given by Article 10 of the 2003 Order;
“costs” means, in the case of a solicitor, the remuneration and disbursements payable under Article 12(3) of the 2003 Order and, in the case of counsel, the remuneration payable under that provision;
“counsel” means counsel authorised by the Director under regulation 31 of the General Regulations and selected to act for an assisted person;
“the Department” means the Department of Justice;
“the Director” means the Director of Legal Aid Casework designated by the Department under section 2 of the Legal Aid and Coroners’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 2014;
“disbursements” means travelling and witness expenses and other out of pocket expenses incurred by a solicitor in providing civil legal services;
“fee-earner” means a solicitor or any clerk who regularly does work for which it is appropriate to make a direct charge to the client;
“the Financial Regulations” means the Civil Legal Services (Financial) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015;
“the General Regulations” means the Civil Legal Services (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015;
“representation (higher courts)” and “representation (lower courts)” have the respective meanings given by regulation 2 of the General Regulations; and
“representative” means a solicitor or counsel.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2025/198/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-services-remuneration-order-northern-ireland-2025/article-2
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