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LEGAL PROFESSION (SOLICITORS) RULES 2006 (REPEALED) - RULE 29
Communicating with Another Practitioner's Client
29. Communicating with Another Practitioner's Client
29.1 A practitioner who is acting on behalf of a party in any proceedings or
transaction must not communicate directly with any other party for whom, to
the practitioner's knowledge, another practitioner is currently acting,
unless:
(a) notice of the practitioner's intention to
communicate with the other party, in default of a reply from the other
practitioner, has been given to that practitioner, who has failed, after a
reasonable time, to reply;
(b) the communication is made for the
sole purpose of informing the other party that the practitioner has been
unable to obtain a reply from that party's practitioner, and requests that
party to contact the practitioner;
and
(c) the practitioner, thereafter, notifies the other
practitioner of the communication.
29.2 A practitioner who receives notice from another practitioner that the
practitioner's client has instructed or retained that practitioner may, after
notifying the other practitioner, communicate with the former client for the
purpose of confirming the client's instructions and arranging for the orderly
transfer of the client's affairs to the other practitioner.
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