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#### 93 Register of files opened
93 Register of files opened
> > (1) A law practice must maintain a register of files opened.
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> > (2) The register of files opened must, in respect of each matter for which the law practice receives instructions to provide legal services to a person, record the following—
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> > > (a) the full name and address of the person,
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> > > (b) the date of receipt of the instructions,
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> > > (c) a short description of the services which the law practice has agreed to provide,
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> > > (d) an identifier,
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> > > (e) the location of any regulated property relating to the matter.
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> > (2A) For the purposes of subrule (2)(e), if the regulated property is a document that is stored on a server and may be accessed from multiple locations, the location of the regulated property is to be recorded as the law practice’s principal place of practice.
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> > (3) Subrules (1) and (2) do not apply to a barrister.
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> **rule 93:** Am 2019 (610), Sch 1\[7\] \[8\].