The Law Reports (Chancery Division)
[1957] Ch 405
[CHANCERY DIVISION]
WAGG
v.
LAW SOCIETY.
[1956 W. 1830.]
1957 Apr. 2,
3,
17.
Harman J.
Legal Aid
— Costs
— Charge on property recovered
— Dwelling-house
— Specific performance
— Contract to exchange dwelling-houses
— Action for specific performance
— Parties assisted persons
— Decree of specific performance
— Plaintiff assessed to maximum contribution to costs
— Defendant assessed to nil
— Charge by Law Society on dwelling-house received by plaintiff in exchange as “property recovered or preserved”
— Whether charge enforceable
— Letters between plaintiff and Law Society
— Whether relevant
—
Legal Aid and Advice Act, 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6, c. 51), s. 3 (4)
— Legal Aid (General) Regulations, 1950 (S.I. 1950, No. 1359), regs. 16 (8), 17 (2);
Legal Aid (General) (Amendment No. 1) Regulations, 1954
(S.I. 1954, No. 166)
;
Legal Aid (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 1955
(S.I. 1955, No. 1829)
.