The Court held that a solicitor-executor removed by court order cannot assert a solicitor's possessory lien over estate funds or documents to resist their transfer to an independent administrator, applying longstanding authority from Belaney v Ffrench (1873) and Boughton v Boughton (1878). The lien was held to be extinguished by the combination of the removal order, the vesting order, and the order for costs assessment which constituted 'satisfactory arrangements' to secure the solicitor's costs entitlement. The Court also fixed indemnity costs of $40,555.17 against the respondent personally, finding his opposition untenable given the clear legal position and the unambiguous terms of the prior orders.
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