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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-non-contentious-business-remuneration-order-1994/article-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Loss by client of right to certification",
  "text": "A client may not require a solicitor to obtain a remuneration certificate:—\n(a) after a bill has been delivered and paid by the client, other than by deduction;\n(b) where a bill has been delivered, after the expiry of one month from the date on which the client was informed in writing of the matters specified in article 8 or from delivery of the bill if later;\n(c) after the solicitor and client have entered into a non-contentious business agreement in accordance with the provisions of section 57 of the Solicitors Act 1974;\n(d) after a court has ordered the bill to be taxed;\n(e) if article 11(2) applies.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}