# The Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989, Regulation 33: Authority not to enforce the charge


Where in the opinion of the solicitor–
(a) it would cause grave hardship or distress to the client to enforce the charge on any money or property recovered or preserved for him, or
(b) the charge on any property recovered or preserved could be enforced only with unreasonable difficulty because of the nature of the property,
the solicitor may apply to the appropriate area committee for authority not to enforce, either wholly or in part, the charge and, if the committee gives authority, any deficiency in the solicitor’s costs shall be computed as if section 11(2)(b) of the Act did not apply to that money or property or to such part of it as the committee may have authorised.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/340/regulation/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-advice-and-assistance-regulations-1989/regulation-33
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