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LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 121 Insurance

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2014 - SECT 121

Insurance

121 Insurance

(1) The Law Society Council may arrange with an insurer for the insurance of the Fidelity Fund.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Law Society Council may arrange for the insurance of the Fidelity Fund against particular claims or particular classes of claims.
(3) The proceeds paid under a policy of insurance against particular claims or particular classes of claims are to be paid into the Fidelity Fund, and a claimant is not entitled to have direct recourse to the proceeds or any part of them.
(4) No liability (including liability in defamation) is incurred by a protected person in respect of anything done or omitted to be done in good faith for the purpose of arranging for the insurance of the Fidelity Fund.
(5) In this section--


"protected person" means--
(a) the Law Society or a member of the Law Society Council or the Fidelity Fund Management Committee, or
(b) a member of staff of or a person acting at the direction of the Law Society, Law Society Council or Fidelity Fund Management Committee.