The Legal Practitioners (Fees) Act, 1926

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1926 )

[ 25th March, 1926 ]
An Act to define in certain cases the rights of legal practitioners to sue for their fees and their liabilities to be sued in respect of negligence in the discharge of their professional duties.

 
WHEREAS it is expedient to define in certain cases the rights of legal practitioners to sue for their fees and their liabilities to be sued in respect of negligence in the discharge of their professional duties; It is hereby enacted as follows:-
 
 
 

CONTENTS

SECTIONS

1.Short title, extent and commencement

2.Interpretation

3.Agreement for engagement of legal practitioner

4.Right of legal practitioner to sue for fees

5.Liability of legal practitioner to be sued

6. [Repealed ]