Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) It is the duty of
a receiver for a law practice to cooperate with the legal personal
representative of a deceased legal practitioner associate of the practice for
the orderly winding-up of the estate.
(2) The receiver is
not, in the exercise or performance of powers and duties as receiver, a legal
personal representative of the deceased legal practitioner associate, but
nothing in this subsection prevents the receiver from exercising or performing
powers or duties as a legal personal representative if otherwise appointed as
representative.
(3) Subject to
subsections (1) and (2) and to the terms of the receiver’s
appointment, if the receiver was appointed before the death of the legal
practitioner associate, the receiver’s appointment, powers and duties
are not affected by the death.