Legal Practitioners Act 1981

If a law practice is required to make a disclosure to a client of the law practice under this Part, the law practice must, in accordance with subclauses (2) and (3), also make the same disclosure to any associated third party payer for the client, but only to the extent that the details or matters disclosed are relevant to the associated third party payer and relate to costs that are payable by the associated third party payer in respect of legal services provided to the client.

A disclosure under subclause (1) must be made in writing—

at the time the disclosure to the client is required under this Part; or

if the law practice only afterwards becomes aware of the legal obligation of the associated third party payer to pay legal costs of the client—as soon as practicable after the law practice became aware of the obligation.

Clause 16 applies to a disclosure to an associated third party payer under subclause (1) in the same way as it applies to a client.

An associated third party payer for a client of a law practice has the same right as the client to obtain reports under clause 19(1)(b) of legal costs incurred by the client, but only to the extent that the costs are payable by the associated third party payer in respect of legal services provided to the client, and the law practice must comply with that clause accordingly.