Legal Profession Act 2007

The applicant for a costs assessment must, under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, give notice of the costs application to any other person the applicant knows is 1 of the following—

a law practice to whom the legal costs have been paid or are payable;

the law practice that retained a law practice to whom the legal costs have been paid or are payable;

the client;

a third party payer.

A person given notice of the costs application under subsection (1)—

is entitled to participate in the costs assessment process; and

is taken to be a party to the assessment; and

if the costs assessor so decides, is bound by the assessment.