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Legal Profession Act 2006
508Deceased estates—law practice under receivership
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508 Deceased estates—law practice under receivership
(1) The receiver for a law practice must cooperate with the legal personal
representative of a deceased legal practitioner associate of the
practice for the orderly winding up of the estate.
(2) The receiver is not, in the exercise of powers and duties as receiver,
a legal personal representative of the deceased legal practitioner
associate.
(3) Subsection (2) does not prevent the receiver from exercising powers
or duties as a legal personal representative if otherwise appointed as
representative.
(4) Subject to subsections (1) and (2) and to the terms of the receiver’s
appointment, if the receiver was appointed before the death of the
legal practitioner associate, the receiver’s appointment, powers and
duties are not affected by the death.