Singapore legislation

Section 117

of Legal Profession Act 1966

Section 117

Charging orders

(1)

Any court in which a solicitor has been employed to prosecute or defend any suit, matter or proceeding may —

(a)

at any time declare the solicitor entitled to a charge on the property recovered or preserved through his or her instrumentality for his or her taxed costs in reference to that suit, matter or proceeding; and

(b)

make such orders for the taxation of the costs and for paying, or raising money to pay, the costs out of that property as it thinks fit.

(2)

All conveyances and acts done to defeat, or operating to defeat, the charge mentioned in subsection (1)(a) are, except in the case of a conveyance to a bona fide purchaser for value without notice, void as against the solicitor.

(3)

An order must not be made under subsection (1) if the right to recover the costs is barred by the Limitation Act 1959.

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