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51Law practice closing down, closing office or ceasing to receive or hold trust money
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#### 51 Law practice closing down, closing office or ceasing to receive or hold trust money
51 Law practice closing down, closing office or ceasing to receive or hold trust money
> > (1) A law practice that ceases to hold trust money because it ceases to exist as a law practice, to engage in legal practice or to practise in such a way as to receive trust money must, within 14 days of so ceasing to hold trust money, give the designated local regulatory authority—
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> > > (a) written notice of such of those facts as are applicable and the dates of their occurrence, and
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> > > (b) particulars sufficient to identify the law practice’s general trust accounts.
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> > (2) In this rule, law practice includes a former law practice and the persons who were principals of the law practice immediately before the law practice ceased to exist as a law practice or to engage in legal practice.