07 April 2011
Lake v Hunt Kid Law Firm LLP (in administration) [2011] EWHC 766 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 330 (Mar)
Article 14 of the Solicitors’ (Non-Contentious Business) Remuneration Order 1994, SI 1994/2616, did not confer a discretionary power upon a court to reduce or disallow interest which was claimed strictly in accordance with its provisions. No such power was conferred expressly and no basis existed for concluding that the power arose by necessary implication. Article 14 was not intended to confer a power on the court to reduce or disallow interest.
