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Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998
19Practitioner acting on behalf of a party
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### 19 Practitioner acting on behalf of a party
> > (1) A practitioner is taken to be acting on behalf of a party if the practitioner files and serves on all other parties a notice in writing of that fact.
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> > (2) A practitioner acting on behalf of a party is to continue to act on behalf of that party until –
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> > > > (a) the Court orders that the practitioner may cease to act; or
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> > > > (b) the practitioner files a notice in writing that he or she has ceased to act on behalf of that party.
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> > (3) A practitioner who files a notice under [subrule (2)(b)](#GS19@Gs2@Hpb@EN) is to notify the Court of –
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> > > > (a) the last-known address of that party; and
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> > > > (b) the last dealings that the practitioner had with that party.