LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 84 Claimant required to pursue claims etc

This legislation has been repealed.

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 84

84 Claimant required to pursue claims etc

(1) The Law Society Council may give a claimant not less than 21 days written notice requiring the claimant to do such of the following as are specified in the notice:

(a) take specified steps for the purpose of pursuing the claim,

(b) supply the Law Society Council with specified particulars in relation to the claim,

(c) produce or deliver to the Law Society Council any securities or documents necessary or available to support the claim or to enable the Law Society Council to establish any rights of the Law Society against the solicitor or an associate of the solicitor,

(d) do specified things in connection with the claim.

(2) If the claimant fails to comply with the notice, the Law Society Council may:

(a) wholly or partly disallow the claim, or

(b) direct that the whole, or a specified part of, any interest otherwise payable under section 85 not be paid.