Solicitors and conveyancers to be generally entitled to recover fees for work done under this Act
274 Solicitors and conveyancers to be generally entitled to recover fees for work done under this Act
Except as allowed by statute, no person other than a solicitor or registered conveyancer shall be entitled to sue for or receive any fees, costs, or charges for work done in reference to applications, transfers, or other dealings relating to land, nor to any right of set-off in respect of any such fees, costs, or charges, nor to any lien or right to retain any deed, paper, or writing which shall have come into his possession in reference to any such work.
Where a requisition is made by the Registrar-General in respect of an instrument under this Act on the ground that there is an error in, or omission from, the instrument, and the error or omission arose through the fault of a solicitor or registered conveyancer, the solicitor or registered conveyancer shall not charge or recover any fees or costs for work done in relation to complying with the requisition.
Where a person considers that a solicitor or registered conveyancer has, in contravention of subsection (2), charged any fees or costs for work done in relation to complying with a requisition, he may request a Master of the Supreme Court to tax the account of the solicitor or registered conveyancer in order to ascertain whether such fees or costs have been charged.
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