Default in payment of fees by legal practitioner
19 Default in payment of fees by legal practitioner
If any legal practitioner, who has made a request for the execution or service of any process or document, or for any work for which fees are properly chargeable in the sheriff's office, makes default in payment of any of the fees or charges properly chargeable, for a period of 7 days after demand in writing by the sheriff, the sheriff may report to the Court or a Judge the name of the legal practitioner so making default, and the Court or Judge may thereupon make all necessary orders to enforce payment of the fees or charges, and the sheriff may, with the consent of the Attorney-General, commit to the
Crown Law Officer the matter of enforcing the orders.
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