Section 52: Power of Society to draw up order of court.

Solicitors Act 1974 · 1974 c.47

Part II: Professional Practice, Conduct and Discipline of Solicitors and Clerks

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Where an order, whether nisi or absolute, is made by the High Court or the Court of Appeal on a motion to strike the name of a solicitor off the roll, or to require a solicitor to answer allegations contained in an affidavit, and that order is not drawn up by the applicant within one week of its being made, the Society may cause the order to be drawn up, and all future proceedings on the order shall be taken as if the motion had been made by the Society.

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