490Role of manager

490 Role of manager (1) A manager for a law practice may carry on the practice and may do everything that the practice or a legal practitioner associate of the practice might lawfully have done, including, for example, the (a) transacting any urgent business of the practice; (b) transacting, with the approval of any or all of the existing clients of the practice, any business on their behalf, including— (i) starting, continuing, defending or settling any proceeding; and (ii) receiving, retaining and disposing of property; (c) accepting instructions from new clients and transacting any business on their behalf, including— (i) starting, continuing, defending or settling any proceeding; and (ii) receiving, retaining and disposing of regulated property; (d) charging and recovering legal costs, including legal costs for work in progress at the time of the manager’s appointment; (e) entering into, executing or performing any agreement; (f) dealing with trust money in accordance with this Act; (g) winding up the affairs of the practice. (2) For the purpose of exercising powers under subsection (1), the manager may do any or all of the following: practice, or anyone else who has, or has had, control of client files and associated documents (including documents relating to trust money received by the practice), to give the manager either or both of the following: (i) access to the files and documents the manager reasonably requires; (ii) information relating to client matters the manager premises, for a purpose relevant to the manager’s appointment; manager’s appointment. (3) If the manager takes anything from the premises, the manager must issue a receipt for the thing and— (4) If the manager is refused access to the premises or the premises are unoccupied, the manager may use whatever appropriate force is