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Section 30 Liability for fees of other solicitor.C1

Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Where a solicitor F1or an incorporated practice, authorised by and acting for a client employs another solicitor F2or incorporated practice F3or a licensed legal services provider he F4or, as the case may be, it shall (whether or not he or, as the case may be, it discloses the client) be liable to the F5employed party for that F6party's fees and outlays, unless at the time of the employment he or, as the case may be, it expressly disclaims any such liability.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 76:2), s. 56, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 7(a)

F2

Words inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 76:2), s. 56, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 7(b)

F3

Words in s. 30 inserted (2.7.2012) by Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), ss. 123(2)(a), 150(2); S.S.I. 2012/152, art. 2, sch.

F4

Words inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 76:2), s. 56, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 7(c)

F5

Words in s. 30 substituted (2.7.2012) by Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), ss. 123(2)(b), 150(2); S.S.I. 2012/152, art. 2, sch.

F6

Words in s. 30 substituted (2.7.2012) by Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), ss. 123(2)(c), 150(2); S.S.I. 2012/152, art. 2, sch.

Modifications

C1

S. 30 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2004) by The Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (Foreign Lawyers and Multi-national Practices) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/383), reg. 13