This Notification 259 Application to submit unclaimed trust money, once submitted, is automatically sent to the Society for processing.

The Society will review your application and provide a response in due course. 

If your application is approved by the Society, you will receive an invoice from the Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund to be paid from the legal practice Trust Account.

You must submit a Notification 259 Application form for each ledger amount of Unclaimed Trust Money.

s259 of the LPA states

An amount of trust money held by a law practice is an unclaimed amount if:

(a) the amount has been held by the practice for a period of at least 2 years and during that period the practice has had no knowledge of the existence or the address of the person on whose behalf the amount is held; or

(b) the person has refused to accept payment of the amount when tendered.

In assessing this application, the Society requires verification that the practice has undertaken due diligence in regard to locating clients and cancelling any stale cheques.

I, the authorised practitioner, declare;

• The trust money detailed in this application meets the criteria of unclaimed trust money and

• I have undertaken all activities stated to locate the relevant persons and refund the money and

I request that the Society consider my application and accept the funds as unclaimed trust money as defined in the Act.