{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-non-contentious-business-remuneration-order-1994/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2616",
  "legislation_title": "The Solicitors' (Non-Contentious Business) Remuneration Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-non-contentious-business-remuneration-order-1994",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order:—\n“client” means the client of a solicitor;\n“costs” means the amount charged in a solicitor’s bill, exclusive of disbursements and value added tax, in respect of non-contentious business or common form probate business;\n“entitled person” means a client or an entitled third party;\n“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 either\n(a) the only personal representatives are solicitors (whether or not acting in a professional capacity); or\n(b) the only personal representatives are solicitors acting jointly with partners or employees in a professional capacity;\n“paid disbursements” means disbursements already paid by the solicitor;\n“recognised body” means a body corporate recognised by the Council under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985;\n“remuneration certificate” means a certificate issued by the Council pursuant to this Order;\n“residuary beneficiary” includes a person entitled to all or part of the residue of an intestate estate;\n“solicitor” includes a recognised body;\n“the Council” means the Council of the Law Society.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 61."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/500",
      "affecting_title": "The Solicitors’ Recognised Bodies (Amendment) Order 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2616/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:24:56.052754+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}