Queensland Consolidated Acts

PERSONAL INJURIES PROCEEDINGS ACT 2002 - SECT 88

88 Requirements for law practice certificates apply to conduct on commencement

(1) This section applies if—

(a) before the commencement, a law practice was retained by a claimant to act in relation to the claimant’s claim; and

(b) on the commencement, the claim has not been settled, decided by a court or otherwise concluded.

(2) Despite section 8B, a law practice certificate for the claim that the supervising principal of the law practice is required to complete and give to a person under section 8C, 8F, 9C, 13A or 61 must state the matters in section 8B(2), (3) and (4) only in relation to conduct after the commencement.

(3) Section 8F applies to a referral of a client to a new practice as mentioned in section 8F(1)(b) made after the commencement, even if the agreement for the sale of the current practice was entered into before the commencement.