Ceasing to act
40.03 Ceasing to act
Where a legal practitioner ceases to act for a party in proceedings, unless a notice of change is filed and served under rule
40.01, the legal practitioner must without delay file a notice that he or she has ceased to act and serve a copy on all parties.
A notice under subrule (1) is to state the address of the party last known to the legal practitioner.
Except with the leave of the Court, a legal practitioner must not file a notice under subrule (1) later than 56 days before the hearing of proceedings.
The address for service of a party where notice is filed and served under subrule (1) is the address of the party stated in the notice.
Where, under subrule (3), the Court gives a legal practitioner leave to file a notice that the legal practitioner has ceased to act, the Court may direct what address is to be the address for service of the party for whom the legal practitioner has ceased to act.
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