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Legal Profession Act 2006
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313 Agreements for insurance for solicitors
(1) The law society may negotiate with insurers or anyone else for the
provision of indemnity insurance to a person who is, or has been, an
insurable solicitor in relation to civil liability that may arise in relation
to—
(a) the practice or any former practice of the solicitor; or
(b) the administration of any trust or deceased estate of which the
solicitor or former solicitor is, or was, a trustee or executor.
(2) The law society may make—
(a) agreements for the provision of insurance mentioned in
subsection (1); and
(b) arrangements for establishing and keeping an account into
which any amount received by the law society as a premium for
the insurance is to be paid.
Professional indemnity insurance Part 3.3
(3) The law society may make an agreement for the provision of
indemnity insurance for insurable solicitors only if the agreement
provides for professional indemnity insurance to be provided to each
person who—
(a) would, subject to compliance with any requirement about
indemnity insurance, be entitled to have an unrestricted
practising certificate granted to the person; and
(b) applies under the agreement to be granted indemnity insurance
that is—
(i) available under the agreement; and
(ii) in relation to a period for which insurance is available
under the agreement.
(4) An amount paid into an account kept under subsection (2) may,
before its application for the provision of insurance under this section,
be invested by the law society in any way trust funds may be invested
under the Trustee Act 1925.
agreement includes arrangement.