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CAP. 4

[Subsidiary]

The Rules of the Supreme Court Order 67 [1988 Ed.

of the notice are lodged and served in accordance with this rule, the former solicitor shall, subject to rules 5 and 6, be considered the solicitor of the party until the final conclusion of the cause or matter, whether in the High Court or the Court of Appeal.

(2) Notice of a change of solicitor must be filed, and a copy thereof lodged in the Registry.

(3) The party giving the notice must serve on every other party to the cause or matter (not being a party in default as to acknow- ledgment of service) and on the former solicitor a copy of the notice indorsed with a memorandum stating that the notice has been duly filed in the Registry.

(4) The party giving the notice may perform the duties pre- scribed by this rule in person or by his new solicitor.

Notice of appointment of solicitor (O. 67, r. 3)

3. Where a party, after having sued or defended in person, appoints a solicitor to act in the cause or matter on his behalf, the change may be made without an order for that purpose and rule 1(2), (3) and (4) shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to a notice of appointment of a solicitor as they apply in relation to a notice of change of solicitor.

Notice of intention to act in person (O. 67, r. 4)

4.

Where a party, after having sued or defended by a solicitor, intends and is entitled to act in person, the change may be made without an order for that purpose and rule 1 shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to a notice of intention to act in person as it applies in relation to a notice of change of solicitor except that the notice of intention to act in person must contain an address for service of the party giving it.

Removal of solicitor from record at instance of another party (O. 67,

r. 5)

5. (1) Where-

(a) a solicitor who has acted for a party in a cause or matter has died or become bankrupt or cannot be found or has failed to take out a practising certificate or has been struck off the roll of solicitors or has been suspended from practising or has for any other reason ceased to practise, and

(b) the party has not given notice of change of solicitor or notice of intention to act in person in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order,

any other party to the cause or matter may apply to the Court, or if an appeal to the Court of Appeal is pending in the cause or matter, to the Court of Appeal, for an order declaring that the solicitor has ceased to be the solicitor acting for the first-mentioned party in the cause or matter, and the Court or Court of Appeal, as the case may be, may make an order accordingly.