s 117 Charging orders
117.—(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 assessed costs in reference to that suit, matter or proceeding; and[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022] (b) make such orders for the assessment of the costs and for paying, or raising money to pay, the costs out of that property as it thinks fit.[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022] (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.