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84(1) Lawyers who are members are entitled to precedence before the courts and before other tribunals in the following order:
(a) the Attorney General of Canada;
(b) the Solicitor General of Canada;
(c) the Attorney General of Manitoba;
(d) lawyers who have held the office of the Attorney General of Canada or of Manitoba, according to seniority of appointment to the office;
(e) lawyers who have held the office of Solicitor General of Canada, according to seniority of appointment to the office;
(f) lawyers appointed by the Governor General or by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of any province as Her Majesty’s counsel learned in the law, according to seniority of appointment to the office;
(g) other lawyers, according to seniority of their registration in the rolls.
84(2) [Repealed] S.M. 2018, c. 16, s. 7.
Service and receipt of documents
85 The benchers may make rules respecting the sending, service and receipt of documents under or for the purposes of this Act or the rules.
86 No action or proceeding may be commenced against a person for anything done or not done in good faith while acting or purporting to act on behalf of the society under this Act or the rules.
