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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-non-contentious-business-remuneration-order-1994/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-non-contentious-business-remuneration-order-1994/article-3.json",
  "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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Solicitors' costs",
  "text": "A solicitor’s costs shall be such sum as may be fair and reasonable to both solicitor and entitled person, having regard to all the circumstances of the case and in particular to:—\n(a) the complexity of the matter or the difficulty or novelty of the questions raised;\n(b) the skill, labour, specialised knowledge and responsibility involved;\n(c) the time spent on the business;\n(d) the number and importance of the documents prepared or perused, without regard to length;\n(e) the place where and the circumstances in which the business or any part thereof is transacted;\n(f) the amount or value of any money or property involved;\n(g) whether any land involved is registered land;\n(h) the importance of the matter to the client; and\n(i) the approval (express or implied) of the entitled person or the express approval of the testator to:—\n(i) the solicitor undertaking all or any part of the work giving rise to the costs or\n(ii) the amount of the costs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2616/article/3",
    "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."
}