South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts274—Solicitors and conveyancers to be generally entitled to recover fees
for work done under this Act
(1) Except as allowed
by statute, no person other than a solicitor or registered conveyancer shall
be entitled to sue for or receive any fees, costs, or charges for work done in
reference to applications, transfers, or other dealings relating to land, nor
to any right of set-off in respect of any such fees, costs, or charges, nor to
any lien or right to retain any deed, paper, or writing which shall have come
into his possession in reference to any such work.
(2) Where a
requisition is made by the Registrar-General in respect of an instrument under
this Act on the ground that there is an error in, or omission from, the
instrument, and the error or omission arose through the fault of a solicitor
or registered conveyancer, the solicitor or registered conveyancer shall not
charge or recover any fees or costs for work done in relation to complying
with the requisition.
(3) Where a person
considers that a solicitor or registered conveyancer has, in contravention of
subsection (2), charged any fees or costs for work done in relation to
complying with a requisition, he may request a Master of the Supreme Court to
tax the account of the solicitor or registered conveyancer in order to
ascertain whether such fees or costs have been charged.