# Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, Article 56: Grants in case of loss


Where the Council, on an application for a grant being made to the Society, are satisfied that a person has suffered loss in consequence of dishonesty on the part of a solicitor, or of an employee of a solicitor, in connection with that solicitor's practice or purported practice as a solicitor or in connection with any trust of which that solicitor is or was a trustee then, subject to the provisions of Article 58, the Society may, if the Council think fit, make to that person a grant out of the Compensation Fund for the purpose of making good or mitigating that loss.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/582/article/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-northern-ireland-order-1976/article-56
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