Section 62 of the Solicitors Act, 1954
Registrar of Solicitors
01/06/2001
Section 62 of the Solicitors Act, 1954
A number of solicitors have been approached by a firm of insurance providers inviting them to become members of a panel to whom clients who have been involved in accidents would be referred. In order to obtain admittance to the panel, the solicitor would be asked to pay a one-off sum. Thereafter, the solicitor would pay a set figure for every client referred to him.
Solicitors are reminded of the provisions of section 62 of the Solicitors Act, 1954, which states as follows:
Section 62(1) – ‘A solicitor shall not reward, or agree to reward, an unqualified person for legal business introduced by such person to the solicitor’.