Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 (NO 29 OF 2006) - REG 2803

(SCR o 8 r 2; MC(CJ)R s 486 (1) and (2) and s 487; NSW r 7.26; Qld r 987)

    (1)     A party may, at any stage of a proceeding and without an order, appoint another solicitor in place of the solicitor then acting for the party.

    (2)     If a party appoints another solicitor, the newly appointed solicitor must—

    (a)     file a notice of the change of solicitor; and

    (b)     serve a stamped copy of the notice on all other active parties and the party's former solicitor.

    (3)     The notice must state the party's address for service.

Note     If a form is approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004 , s 8 for this provision, the form must be used.

    (4)     The party's former solicitor remains the solicitor on the record until the newly appointed solicitor complies with subrule (2).