Practitioners entering into costs agreements for multi-jurisdictional receivership work should note that the choice of law clause in the retainer will determine which State's costs legislation applies, and that Part 13 of the Legal Practice Act 2003 (WA) only applies where the proper law of the retainer is the law of Western Australia.
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