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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Intervention in practice

177: Notification to clients of practitioner or former practitioner

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"What happens to your files and money if your lawyer is in trouble"

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You might get a notification from a Standards Committee if they take action against your lawyer. The Committee can tell you what they have done and why they got involved in your lawyer's practice. They can also ask you what to do with your files and money. You can tell the Committee what to do with your current transactions and your records. They might send your transactions to another lawyer to finish if you are not available or cannot make decisions. The Committee does this if they use certain powers under section 164 or section 169. The Committee wants to make sure your transactions are completed and your property is taken care of.

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Part 7Complaints and discipline
Intervention in practice

177Notification to clients of practitioner or former practitioner

  1. A Standards Committee that exercises in respect of any practitioner or former practitioner or any related person or entity any power under section 164 or section 169—

  2. may notify any client of the practitioner or former practitioner or any related person or entity of the actions taken by the Standards Committee and of the circumstances that have occasioned the intervention in the practice of the practitioner or former practitioner; and
    1. may seek from any client of the practitioner or former practitioner or the related person or entity the client's instructions as to the completion of any transactions then current and as to the future disposition of the client's records, documents, money, and other property; and
      1. may refer transactions to other practitioners for completion if circumstances, such as a client not being available or a client being incapable by reason of incapacity from giving instructions, so require.