Solicitors Act 1932

Solicitors Act 1932[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the Solicitors Acts, 1839 to 1928, and other enactments relating to solicitors of the Supreme Court.
Citation22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 37
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent12 July 1932
Commencement1 October 1932[c]
Repealed15 July 1957
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Repealed bySolicitors Act 1957
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Solicitors Act 1932 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Solicitors Act 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 37) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to solicitors of the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 82(1) of the act repealed 27 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.[1]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
2 & 3 Vict. c. 33 Solicitors (Clerks) Act 1839 Section nine.
6 & 7 Vict. c. 73 Solicitors Act 1843 The whole act.
7 & 8 Vict. c. 86 Solicitors (Clerks) Act 1844 Section four.
23 & 24 Vict. c. 127 Solicitors Act 1860 The whole act, except:— (i) in section twenty-two, the words "Any List of Solicitors and Conveyancers purporting to be published by the Authority of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and to contain the Names of Solicitors and Conveyancers who have obtained stamped Certificates for the current Year on or before the First Day of January in the same Year, shall, until the contrary be made to appear, be Evidence in all Courts, and before all Justices of the Peace and others, that the Persons named therein as Conveyancers holding such Certificates as aforesaid for the current Year are Conveyancers holding such Certificates; and the Absence of the Name of any Person from such List shall, until the contrary be made to appear, be Evidence as aforesaid that such Person is not qualified to practice as a Conveyancer under a Certificate for the current Year; but in the case of any Person being a Conveyancer whose Name does not appear on such List, the Fact of his being so shall be proved in the Way in which it is now by Law required to be proved"; and (ii) Sections twenty-seven, thirty-four and thirty-five.
33 & 34 Vict. c. 28 Attorneys and Solicitors Act 1870 In section three, the words from the words following to “proctors and from the word Client to the end of the section. Sections four to eighteen.
35 & 36 Vict. c. 81 Attorney and Solicitors Act 1872 The whole act.
37 & 38 Vict. c. 68 Attorneys and Solicitors Act 1874 The whole act.
38 & 39 Vict. c. 79 Legal Practitioners Act 1875 The whole act.
40 & 41 Vict. c. 25 Solicitors Act 1877 The whole act.
40 & 41 Vict. c. 62 Legal Practitioners Act 1877 The whole act.
44 & 45 Vict. c. 44 Solicitors Remuneration Act 1881 The whole act.
51 & 52 Vict. c. 65 Solicitors Act 1888 The whole act.
54 & 55 Vict. c. 39 Stamp Act 1891 Section forty-four.
57 Vict. c. 9 Solicitors Act 1894 The whole act.
58 & 59 Vict. c. 25 Mortgagees Legal Costs Act 1895 The whole act.
62 & 63 Vict. c. 4 Solicitors Act 1899 The whole act.
62 & 63 Vict. c. 14 London Government Act 1899 Subsection (3) of section twenty-four.
63 & 64 Vict. c. 14 Colonial Solicitors Act 1900 The whole act.
6 Edw. 7. c. 16 Justices of the Peace Act 1906 In section three, from the word "but" to the end of the section.
6 Edw. 7. c. 24 Solicitors Act 1906 The whole act.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 56 Solicitors Act 1919 The whole act.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 71 Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 Section two.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 32 Finance Act 1921 Section sixty.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 57 Solicitors Act 1922 The whole act.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 21 Land Registration Act 1925 Sections one hundred and eighteen and one hundred and forty-six.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 49 Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 Subsections (2) and (3) of section two hundred and fifteen. In subsection (1) of section two hundred and sixteen, the words from "and (b)" to "appointment."
18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 22 Solicitors Act 1928 The whole act.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 88(1) of, and the third schedule to, the Solicitors Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 27), which came into operation on 15 July 1957.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Section 83(1).
  2. ^ Section 83(3).
  3. ^ Section 83(2).

References

  1. ^ "Solicitors Act 1932", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/22-23 c. 37
  2. ^ "Solicitors Act 1957", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Eliz2/5-6 c. 27
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