50(1)Subject to subsection (2), a solicitor is not entitled to be paid for any service unless that service is authorized by a certificate.

50(2)Where an initial step or steps in a proceeding are required by a statute, rule of law or practice to be taken immediately if the rights of a client are to be preserved, a solicitor may take that initial step or steps but shall not take any further step until the certificate has been amended to authorize him to proceed.