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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 552

Deceased estates

(1)  It is the duty of the receiver for a law practice to co-operate with the legal personal representative of a deceased legal practitioner associate of the practice for the orderly winding-up of the estate.
(2)  The receiver is not, in the performance or exercise of functions or powers as receiver, a legal personal representative of the deceased legal practitioner associate, but nothing in this subsection prevents the receiver from performing or exercising functions or powers as a legal personal representative if otherwise appointed as representative.
(3)  Subject to subsections (1) and (2) and to the terms of the receiver’s appointment, if the receiver was appointed before the death of the legal practitioner associate, the receiver’s appointment, functions and powers are not affected by the death.



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