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Rule 18: Receipt of mixed payments
- 18.1
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A "mixed payment" is one which includes client money as well as office money and/or out-of-scope money.
- 18.2
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A mixed payment must either:
- (a)
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be split between a client account and office account as appropriate; or
- (b)
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be placed without delay in a client account.
- 18.3
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If the entire payment is placed in a client account, all office money and/or out-of-scope money must be transferred out of the client account within 14 days of receipt.
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Guidance notes
- (i)
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See rule 17.1(b) and (c) for additional ways of dealing with (among other things) mixed payments received in response to a bill or other notification of costs.
- (ii)
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See rule 19.1(b) for (among other things) mixed payments received from the Legal Aid Agency
Services Commission. - (iii)
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Some out-of-scope money may be subject to the rules of other regulators which may require an earlier withdrawal from the client account operated under these rules.