Advocate's Lien: A Critical Review of the Stance in India Priyasha Corrie National Law University, Jodhpur October 10, 2007 Abstract: An advocate's lien is the right of a lawyer to hold a client's property or money until payment has been made for legal aid, advice and representation given. This constitutes one of the remedies of a lawyer to which he/she can resort to when the client's fee remained unpaid. However this remedy is no longer available to an advocate in India, a right that is enjoyed under common law as well as other civil law countries. This paper looks into various aspects in relation to Advocate's lien in India and puts forth arguments in favor of the existence of the right of lien of an advocate. The law in the US, UK as well as other countries has also been stated in order to understand the International perspective. The need for review of the stance adopted in India along with the reasoning has been discussed. The emerging issue of GATS has also been considered which compel India to adopt standards to conform to those of countries with which it is likely to trade with in terms of legal services. Keywords: Advocate's Lien, common law lien, GATT, WTO, R.D.Saxena v. Balram Prasad JEL Classifications: K10, K00, K40 Working Paper Series