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Legal Profession Act 2006
344Repayment of certain amounts paid from fidelity fund
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344 Repayment of certain amounts paid from fidelity fund
(1) If—
(a) a claimant receives a payment from the fidelity fund in relation
to the claim; and
(b) the claimant receives or recovers from another source or sources
a payment on account of the pecuniary loss; and
(c) there is a surplus after deducting the amount of the pecuniary
loss from the total amount received or recovered by the claimant
from both or all sources;
the amount of the surplus is a debt owing by the claimant to the fund.
(2) However, the amount payable by the claimant cannot exceed the
amount the claimant received from the fidelity fund in relation to the
claim.