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Legal Profession Act 1976 s 119

Legal Profession Act 1976 s 119

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s 119 Any party may set aside agreement of deceased advocate and solicitor not performed

(1) Where an advocate and solicitor has made an agreement with his client in pursuance of section 116 and anything has been done by the advocate and solicitor under the agreement, and, before the agreement has been completely performed by him, the advocate and solicitor dies or becomes incapable of acting an application may be made to the court by any party to the agreement or by the representatives of the party, and the Court shall thereupon have the same power to enforce or set aside the agreement, if it had not be acted upon. have the same power to enforce or set aside the agreement, if it had not be acted upon. (2) The Court, even if it considers the agreement to be in all respects fair and reasonable, may order the amount due in respect of the business done thereunder to be ascertained by taxation. (3) The Registrar in ascertaining any such amount shall have regard, so far as may be, to the terms of the agreement. (4) Payment of the amount found to be due may be enforced in the same manner as if the agreement had been completely performed by the advocate and solicitor.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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