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#### 91E Opening and maintaining files
91E Opening and maintaining files
> > (1) A law practice must open a file in respect of each matter for which the law practice receives instructions to provide legal services to a person.
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> > (2) The file must be opened as soon as practicable after the law practice receives the instructions.
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> > (3) The file must contain or have endorsed on it—
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> > > (a) the particulars required by rule 93(2)(a)–(d), and
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> > > (b) the contact details used by the law practice to contact the person to whom it is providing the legal services.
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> > (4) Subrules (1)–(3) do not apply to a barrister.
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> **pt 4.6, div 1A (rule 91E):** Ins 2019 (610), Sch 1\[6\].