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Paragraph 14 Legal servicesI1I2

United Kingdom

(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—

    1. (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);

    2. (b)

      a solicitor or advocate in Scotland;

    3. (c)

      a solicitor or barrister in Northern Ireland;

    4. (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.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 para. 14 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)

I2

Sch. 2 para. 14 in force at 24.2.2025 by S.I. 2024/716, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2024/959, regs. 1(2), 2(7)(a))