Legal Profession Act 2006

It is the duty of the manager for a law practice to cooperate with the legal personal representative of a deceased legal practitioner associate of the practice for the orderly winding-up of the estate.

The manager is not, in the exercise or performance of powers and duties as manager, a legal personal representative of the deceased legal practitioner associate, but nothing in this subsection prevents the manager from exercising or performing powers or duties as a legal personal representative if otherwise appointed as representative.

Subject to subsections (1) and (2) and to the terms of the manager's appointment, if the manager was appointed before the death of the legal practitioner associate, the manager's appointment, powers and duties are not affected by the death.