91EOpening and maintaining files

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