GENERAL STATEMENT

These Rules and Regulations have been adopted pursuant to Rule 10.1(d) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai‘i but do not supersede the provisions of Rule 10. They provide for the administration of the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection of the Supreme Court of Hawai‘i ("the Fund"), the procedures for the presentation, consideration, and payment of claims, and the exercise of the trustees' investment powers. These Rules and Regulations shall be known as the "Lawyers' Fund Rules and Regulations." Particular rules may be cited as "LF." (Amended September 15, 1994, effective September 15, 1994; further amended January 24, 2008, effective July 1, 2008.)