233Entitlement to make a claim

233 Entitlement to make a claim

233 Entitlement to make a claim

(1) A person who suffers pecuniary loss as a result of a default by a law practice is entitled to make a claim about the default against the fidelity fund, if this jurisdiction is the relevant jurisdiction of an associate of the law practice whose act or omission (whether alone or with one or more other associates of the law practice) gives rise to or constitutes the default.

(2) Subsection (1) extends to an associate of the law practice who, or to the law practice itself in the case of an incorporated legal practice that, suffers pecuniary loss as a result of the default.