Schedules 1 and 2 to the Principal Rules are rescinded.

These rules were made by the Council of the Law Society of Tasmania at a meeting held on 7 September 2020.

The common seal of the Law Society of Tasmania was affixed on 7 September 2020, in the presence of –

TREVOR JOSEPH MCKENNA

Vice President

AMANDA THOMPSON

Member

LUKE RHEINBERGER

Member

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 16 September 2020

These rules are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the rule)

These rules amend the Rules of Practice 1994 to –

(a) provide for the duties and obligations of solicitors and law practices in relation to –

(i) the transfer of business; and

(ii) the conduct of a business that is not a legal practice, in addition to the conduct of the legal practice; and

(iii) their relationship with a debt collection agent or mercantile agent; and

(iv) the use of a client’s litigation funding account; and

(b) rescind a number of rules consequent on the commencement of the Legal Profession (Solicitors’ Conduct) Rules 2020 .