s.2Interpretation
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Section 2Part 1 — PRELIMINARY

Interpretation

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In this Act —
"Clerk of the Court" means the officer appointed as such under section 7 of the Grand Court Act (2015 Revision);
"client" includes —
a person who, as a principal or on behalf of another person, retains or employs or is about to retain or employ an attorney-at-law for any legal services; and
a person who is or may be liable to pay the bill of an attorney-at-law for any legal services;
"contingency fee agreement" means an agreement specified in section 3;
"funder" means a person who provides funding for legal services under a litigation funding agreement;
"legal services" means any advice or representation provided by an attorney-at-law to a client in proceedings, or in anticipation of or in contemplation of proceedings;
"litigation funding agreement" means an agreement specified in section 16;
"normal fees" in relation to work performed by an attorney-at-law in connection with proceedings, means the reasonable fees which may be charged by the attorney-at-law for such work, if such fees were taxed on the indemnity basis, in the absence of a contingency fee agreement;
"proceedings" means any proceedings in or before —
any court; or
any tribunal or functionary having the powers of a court, or having the power to issue, grant or recommend the issuing of any licence, permit or other authorisation for the performance of any act or the carrying on of any business or other activity,
and includes arbitration proceedings;
"quasi-criminal proceeding" means a proceeding dealing with a non-criminal offence that carries a penalty similar to that of a criminal offence, but which is subject to less complex court procedures than criminal offences, such as traffic and workplace health and safety offences; and
"success fee" means any fee under a contingency fee agreement which is higher than the normal fees of an attorney-at-law but does not include a percentage of the amount or of the value of property recovered in an action or proceedings.

Defined Terms

Clerk of the Courtclientcontingency fee agreementfunderlegal serviceslitigation funding agreementnormal feesproceedingsquasi-criminal proceedingsuccess fee

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