Law practice retained by claimant before notice of claim for damages or urgent proceeding
325H Law practice retained by claimant before notice of claim for damages or urgent proceeding
This section applies if—
a law practice is retained by a claimant to act in relation to a claim for damages for an injury before—
the claimant has given a notice of claim for damages under section 275; or
an urgent proceeding for the claim for damages is started under section 276; and
the supervising principal of the law practice has not previously given a law practice certificate to the claimant in relation to the claim.
The supervising principal of the law practice must—
complete a law practice certificate for the claim; and
give the certificate to the claimant before the claimant gives notice of the claim or the urgent proceeding is started.
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
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