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Legal Practitioners Act 1981
Div 11Right of personal representative etc to carry on legal practice
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Division 11—Right of personal representative etc to carry on legal practice
50—Supreme Court may authorise personal representative etc to carry on legal practice
(1) The personal representative of a deceased legal practitioner may, with the authority of the Supreme Court, carry on the practice of the deceased legal practitioner for a period not exceeding 12 months (or such longer period as the Supreme Court may allow) from the date of death.
(2) The trustee in bankruptcy of a legal practitioner may, with the authority of the Supreme Court, carry on the practice of the legal practitioner for a period not exceeding 12 months, or such longer period as the Supreme Court may allow.
(3) A receiver or liquidator appointed in respect of an incorporated legal practice may, with the authority of the Supreme Court, carry on the practice of the incorporated legal practice for a period not exceeding 12 months, or such longer period as the Supreme Court may allow.
(4) An authority under this section will be subject to such conditions as the Supreme Court considers appropriate.
(5) A person to whom an authority has been granted under this section must not contravene, or fail to comply with, any condition of the authority.