Regulation of Section 68 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994
Compensation Fund
30/06/2002
Important Notice!
Practitioners are reminded that provision of section 68 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994 have been the law for upwards of eight years and that all practices must be fully compliant with its provisions. The Law Society’s regulatory Committees (Compensation Fund Committee and Registrar’s Committee) are referring solicitors to the Disciplinary Tribunal for breaches of section 68, and practitioners’ attention is drawn to section 68(2) (percentage charging in litigation cases) and section 68(6) (minimum information to be included in solicitor/client bills at the conclusion of litigation cases, including details of party/party costs received).