ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Advocates Act
46. Invalid agreements
Edition: 2024-04-26 · In force
46. Invalid agreements
Nothing in this Act shall give validity to—(a)any purchase by an advocate of the interest, or any part of the interest, of his client in any suit or other contentious proceeding; or(b)any agreement relieving any advocate from responsibility for professional negligence or any other responsibility to which he would otherwise be subject as an advocate; or(c)any agreement by which an advocate retained or employed to prosecute or defend any suit or other contentious proceeding stipulates for payment only in the event of success in such suit or proceeding or that the advocate shall be remunerated at different rates according to the success or failure thereof; or(d)any agreement by which an advocate agrees to accept, in respect of professional business, any fee or other consideration which shall be less than the remuneration prescribed by any order under section 44 respect of that business or more than twenty-five per centum of the general damages recovered less the party and party costs as taxed or agreed; or(e)any disposition, contract, settlement, conveyance, delivery, dealing or transfer that is, under the Insolvency Act (Cap. 53) void or ineffective against the Official Receiver or a bankruptcy trustee or an interim trustee in proceedings under that Act.Case law referring to this provision