Legal Services Regulation Act 2015

SCHEDULE 1 Principles relating to Legal Costs

SCHEDULE 1

Principles relating to Legal Costs

Sections 150(4) and 155.

1. A Legal Costs Adjudicator shall apply the following principles in adjudicating on a bill of costs pursuant to an application pursuant to section 154

(a) that the costs have been reasonably incurred, and

(b) that the costs are reasonable in amount.

2. In determining whether the costs are reasonable in amount a Legal Costs Adjudicator shall consider each of the following matters, where applicable

(a) the complexity and novelty of the issues involved in the legal work;

(b) the skill or specialised knowledge relevant to the matter which the legal practitioner has applied to the matter;

(c) the time and labour that the legal practitioner has reasonably expended on the matter;

(d) the urgency attached to the matter by the client and whether this requires or required the legal practitioner to give priority to that matter over other matters;

(e) the place and circumstances in which the matter was transacted;

(f) the number, importance and complexity of the documents that the legal practitioner was required to draft, prepare or examine;

(g) where money, property or an interest in property is involved, the amount of the money, or the value of the property or the interest in the property concerned;

(h) whether or not there is an agreement to limit the liability of the legal practitioner pursuant to section 48;

(i) whether or not the legal practitioner necessarily undertook research or investigative work and, if so, the timescale within which such work was required to be completed;

(j) the use and costs of expert witnesses or other expertise engaged by the legal practitioner and whether such costs were necessary and reasonable.

SCHEDULE 2 Enactments Repealed

SCHEDULE 2

Enactments Repealed

Section 5.

(1)

(1)

(2)

(2)

(3)

(3)

Number and Year

Number and Year

Short Title

Short Title

Extent of repeal

Extent of repeal

12 & 13 Vict., c. 54

12 & 13 Vict., c. 54

Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849

Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849

The whole Act

The whole Act

1954, No. 36

1954, No. 36

Solicitors Act 1954

Solicitors Act 1954

Section 71(2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (10)

Section 71(2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (10)

1994, No. 27

1994, No. 27

Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994

Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994

Sections 68 and 74

Sections 68 and 74

2009, No. 8

2009, No. 8

Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009

Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009

The whole Act

The whole Act