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Does a solicitor’s lien attach to a costs order?

Daniel Byrne, Benjamin Allison and Georgia Mullins of Corrs provide key takeaways from a Queensland Court of Appeal decision confirming that a solicitor’s equitable lien attaches to a costs order when it is made, giving the solicitor priority over recoveries under that order even if no fund yet exists and the client later enters receivership.