Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Fidelity Funds

321: Application of Conveyancing Practitioners' Fidelity Fund

You could also call this:

"Getting money back if a conveyancing practitioner makes a mistake"

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You can get money from the Conveyancing Practitioners' Fidelity Fund if you lose money because of something a conveyancing practitioner or their agent does. The fund is used to pay you back for your loss. You will only get the amount of money you lost, minus any other money or benefits you got from somewhere else. You cannot get more money from the fund than you actually lost. If you got some money back from the person who caused your loss, that amount will be taken away from your total loss. The fund will not pay you interest on the money you are owed. The rules about the Conveyancing Practitioners' Fidelity Fund can be changed by rules made under section 311(1). This means that the rules can be updated or modified as needed. You can find more information about the fund and how it works by looking at the rules and regulations.

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Part 10Fidelity Funds

321Application of Conveyancing Practitioners' Fidelity Fund

  1. Subject to this Part, the Conveyancing Practitioners' Fidelity Fund must be held and applied for the purpose of reimbursing persons who suffer pecuniary loss by reason of a claim event arising from the action of a person who is—

  2. a conveyancing practitioner to whom this Part applies; or
    1. the agent of a conveyancing practitioner to whom this Part applies.
      1. No person is entitled to recover from the Conveyancing Practitioners' Fidelity Fund an amount greater than the balance of the loss suffered by that person after deducting from the total amount of that person's loss the amount or value of all money or other benefits received or receivable by that person from any source other than the fund in reduction of that person's loss, including any benefits received by reason of professional services rendered or disbursements paid by the defaulting conveyancing practitioner or agent.

      2. No money may be paid out of the Conveyancing Practitioners' Fidelity Fund as interest on the amount of any judgment obtained or of any claim admitted against the fund.

      3. This section is subject to any rules made under paragraphs (j) to (l) of section 311(1).

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