References: [1849] EngR 1058 (B), (1849) 4 Exch 492
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A solicitor or attorney cannot recover for business done by him in that character, unless he have obtained a certificate which was in force for the period the work was done – Where a solicitor applied for and paid for a certificate for the period between October, 1847, and November, 1848, and the officer, by mistake, dated it October, 1848, and November, 1819 – Held, that the solicitor was not enititled to recover for business done in 1849
