Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015

For the purposes of section 189 of the Uniform Law, a bill given by a law practice to a client is to be given—

by personal delivery to the client or an agent of the client, or

by sending it by post to the client or an agent of the client—

at the usual or last known business or residential address of the client or an agent of the client, or

at the address nominated to the law practice for that purpose by the client or an agent of the client, or

by leaving a copy of the bill, addressed to the client—

at the usual or last known business or residential address of the client or an agent of the client, or

at the address nominated to the law practice for that purpose by the client or an agent of the client, or

in the case of a client whose address includes a DX address in Australia—by leaving a copy of the bill, addressed to the client, in the DX box at that address or in another DX box for transmission to that DX box, or

in the case of a client who has consented to receiving bills by means of a fax sent to a fax number specified by the client—by faxing a copy of the bill, addressed to the client, to that fax number, or

in the case of a client who has consented to receiving bills sent electronically to the client or an agent of the client by means of—

the client’s usual email address or mobile phone number (or another email address or mobile phone number specified by the client)—by transmitting the bill electronically, addressed to the client, to that address or number, or

different arrangements agreed to by the client or an agent of the client—by transmitting the bill electronically in accordance with those arrangements, or

in the case of service on a corporation—by serving a copy of the bill on the corporation in any manner in which service of a notice or document may, by law, be served on the corporation.

In this rule, agent, in relation to a person, includes a law practice that, or an Australian legal practitioner who, has authority to accept service of legal process on behalf of the person.