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SOLICITORS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 67

67.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, no action shall be brought to
recover any costs due to a solicitor until one month after a bill thereof has
been delivered in accordance with the requirements set out in paragraph (2):

Provided that, if there is reasonable cause for believing that the party
chargeable with the costs is about to quit Northern Ireland or to become a
bankrupt, or to compound with his creditors, or to do any other act which
would tend to prevent or delay the solicitor obtaining payment, a judge of the
High Court may, notwithstanding that one month has not expired from the
delivery of the bill, order that the solicitor be at liberty to commence an
action to recover his costs and may order those costs to be taxed under this
Part.

(2) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) are that the bill must

(a)be signed by the solicitor, or if the costs are due to a firm, by one of
the partners of that firm, either in his own name or in the name of the firm,
or be enclosed in, or accompanied by, a letter which is so signed and refers
to the bill; and

(b)be delivered to the party to be charged therewith, either personally or by
being sent to him by ordinary post to, or left for him at, his place of
business, dwelling-house, or last known place of abode;

(3) In this Article any reference to a solicitor includes a reference to his
assignee or personal representative.

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