508Deceased estates—law practice under receivership

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.