{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/section-30",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/46",
  "legislation_title": "Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/30",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Liability for fees of other solicitor.",
  "text": "Where a solicitor or an incorporated practice, authorised by and acting for a client employs another solicitor or incorporated practice or a licensed legal services provider he or, 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 employed party for that party's fees and outlays, unless at the time of the employment he or, as the case may be, it expressly disclaims any such liability.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 76:2), s. 56, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 76:2), s. 56, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 7(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 76:2), s. 56, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 7(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/8",
      "affecting_title": "Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/8",
      "affecting_title": "Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/8",
      "affecting_title": "Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/46/section/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:15.254365+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."
}