LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM GENERAL RULES 2015 - REG 93
Register of files opened
LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM GENERAL RULES 2015 - REG 93
Register of files opened
93 Register of files opened
(1) A law practice must maintain a register of
files opened.
(2) The register of files opened must, in respect of each
matter for which the law practice receives instructions to provide legal
services to a person, record the following--
(a) the full name and address of
the person,
(b) the date of receipt of the instructions,
(c) a short
description of the services which the law practice has agreed to provide,
(d)
an identifier,
(e) the location of any regulated property relating to the
matter.
(2A) For the purposes of subrule (2)(e), if the regulated property is
a document that is stored on a server and may be accessed from multiple
locations, the location of the regulated property is to be recorded as the law
practice's principal place of practice.
(3) Subrules (1) and (2) do not apply
to a barrister.
