could have exercised it was what has been described as a particular lien in English cases. Halsbury describes it in para 271 at page ... that a solicitor had this particular lien on a sum of money recovered by way of compromise in liquidation proceeding by his exertions
bailee's particular lien under Section 170; the lien of pawnee under Secs. 173 and 174; lastly the lien of agents on principal ... Banker's lien in respect of cash deposits, but the cases of different kinds of liens dealt within the Contract
suit. In support of this contention that the lien remains enforceable and the right of lien can be exercised in case of statute barred debts ... Article 264: Legal lien by contract -- A lien whether general or particular may be created and defined by contract although a lien so arising will
opinion arose between the parties as to whether the particular or active lien of a Solicitor in respect of the sum of money 53 relieved ... Attorney has succeeded in having it declared that his particular or active lien extends to all these contentions proceedings,
2. The main difficulty
Attorney "for his costs of a suit or a particular business," the time running from "the termination of the suit or business ... Solicitor has under the common law what is known as particular lien, which does not depend on actual possession of the property, as distinguished from
such a lien:
They can insist on payment of their fees in advance or rely on their lien on the client's papers ... claimed in the present action is the possessory and not the particular lien. It is unnecessary for me to pronounce finally on the point
Saheb. Mr. Sudarsana Raju urges that he has a Solicitor's lien for his costs and on that ground attacks the master ... Solicitor has under the common law what is known as particular lien which does not depend on actual possession of the property as distinguished from
holder
of lien. That again takes us to the question as to
what is meant by "lien". The word "lien ... which it may be sold in
discharge of the lien.........A lien, in a
limited and technical sense, signifies the
right by which a person
Bank had lent money to a particular customer for a specific purpose and specific amount, the lien of Bank over the money and its customer ... documents are retained for general lien or as collateral security. Once again, if it is general lien, there has to be a relationship of Banker
lien or at most when demand was made in respect of the lien on 20 March 1957 and 26, March 1957 according to the particulars ... particulars. Thus it appears that limitation in each case would be three years and therefore the claim of the plaintiff on the letter of lien
