Acts and Regulations

84-112 - Legal Aid

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80(1)Where a solicitor is directed to submit his account pursuant to subsection 52(3), he shall submit forthwith to the Provincial Director:
(a) an account in duplicate of his fees and disbursements showing the date on which each service was performed, one copy of which shall bear the following certificate signed by him:
“I certify that the legal aid herein was rendered by me or by such other named person as is specifically stated herein and that the disbursements set out herein were paid or liability therefor incurred and were necessary and proper”;
(b) a copy of the certificate;
(c) any other written authorization for legal services or the expenditure of money;
(d) the accounts of any agent or counsel engaged which have been prepared in accordance with this section and certified in accordance with paragraph (a);
(e) where prior to the issue of the certificate the solicitor was employed by the client to perform any services with respect to the same matter, a detailed statement of the services rendered by the solicitor and any disbursements made by him prior to the issue of the certificate and a statement of any payment made by the client to the solicitor on account of his fees and disbursements;
(f) a copy of the solicitor’s legal aid report submitted to the area director; and
(g) such further or other supporting material as is required by the Provincial Director.
80(2)A solicitor, when submitting the material required by subsection (1), shall submit
(a) a copy of his account to the area director and to the client, and
(b) a copy of the material referred to in paragraph (1)(e) to the client.
80(1)Where a solicitor is directed to submit his account pursuant to subsection 52(3), he shall submit forthwith to the Provincial Director:
(a) an account in duplicate of his fees and disbursements showing the date on which each service was performed, one copy of which shall bear the following certificate signed by him:
“I certify that the legal aid herein was rendered by me or by such other named person as is specifically stated herein and that the disbursements set out herein were paid or liability therefor incurred and were necessary and proper”;
(b) a copy of the certificate;
(c) any other written authorization for legal services or the expenditure of money;
(d) the accounts of any agent or counsel engaged which have been prepared in accordance with this section and certified in accordance with paragraph (a);
(e) where prior to the issue of the certificate the solicitor was employed by the client to perform any services with respect to the same matter, a detailed statement of the services rendered by the solicitor and any disbursements made by him prior to the issue of the certificate and a statement of any payment made by the client to the solicitor on account of his fees and disbursements;
(f) a copy of the solicitor’s legal aid report submitted to the area director; and
(g) such further or other supporting material as is required by the Provincial Director.
80(2)A solicitor, when submitting the material required by subsection (1), shall submit
(a) a copy of his account to the area director and to the client, and
(b) a copy of the material referred to in paragraph (1)(e) to the client.