Legal Profession Act 2007

The appointment of a manager for a law practice terminates in the following circumstances—

the term of the appointment comes to an end;

the appointment is declared invalid or terminated under section 531;

the appointment of a receiver for the practice takes effect, if the terms of the receiver’s appointment indicate that the receiver is authorised to exercise the functions and powers of a manager;

the manager has wound up the affairs of the practice;

a termination of the appointment by the law society takes effect.

The law society may, by written notice to the manager, terminate the manager’s appointment on or after a day stated in the notice.

If the appointment terminates in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) or (e), the former manager must, after the termination, transfer and deliver the regulated property and client files of the law practice to—

if there is another external intervener for the law practice—the other external intervener; or

otherwise—the practice.

However, the former manager need not transfer the regulated property and client files of the law practice under subsection (3) unless the manager’s expenses for the external intervention have been paid.

The law society must give a copy of the notice under subsection (2) to the persons originally given a notice of appointment.