It's not common at all. I know that the no-cash rule in the north encountered some challenges in smaller places, because sometimes you go into the community and somebody wants to retain a lawyer to do something and they only have cash because they don't often have ready access to bank accounts or cheques and that sort of thing. That became an important limiting issue for us to try to deal with, to make sure that we were able to allow people in small communities, perhaps without access to checking accounts, to still have access to legal services. I can tell you that it happens very rarely. I can't think of a time in the last 20 years where I've come across that amount of cash in my own practice.
On March 21st, 2018. See this statement in context.