Dealing with clients’ account on death of attorney-at-law practicing on his own account

(1) At any time after the death of an attorney who immediately before his death was practicing as an attorney-at- law on his own account and not in partnership with another attorney, and who was a member of the Association, the Association may, if it thinks fit, serve notice on any banker holding money in any clients’ account of the attorney or his firm that this section applies to that account. (2) From the date of the service of a notice under sub-section (1), the right to operate or otherwise deal with the account to which the notice relates shall, notwithstanding anything in any other enactment or rule of law, vest in the Association to the exclusion of any other person. (3) Not later than the date on which a notice is served on a banker under sub0section (1), the Association shall serve a copy of the notice on the legal personal representative, if any, of the attorney, unless the identity or address of the representative cannot after reasonable inquiry be ascertained. (4) If the Association fails to serve a copy of the notice under sub-section (3), and as a consequence of any failure the legal personal representative suffers loss as a result of his doing a lawful act in good faith in relation to the account to which the notice relates, the Association shall indemnify him against the loss suffered. (5) For the purposes of this section, a certificate signed by the Secretary of the Association and certifying that a banking account of an attorney-at-law is a clients’ account is evidence of the matter certified. Saving for full- time employees etc.