Request for itemised bill
34 Request for itemised bill
If a bill that is not an itemised bill is given by a law practice, any person who is entitled to apply for an adjudication of the legal costs to which the bill relates may request the law practice to give the person an itemised bill.
The law practice must comply with the request within 21 days after the date on which the request is made.
If the person making the request is liable to pay only a part of the legal costs to which the bill relates, the request for an itemised bill may only be made in relation to those costs that the person is liable to pay.
Subject to subclause (5), a law practice must not commence legal proceedings to recover legal costs from a person who has been given a lump sum bill until at least 30 days after the date on which the person is given the bill.
If the person makes a request for an itemised bill in accordance with this clause, the law practice must not commence legal proceedings to recover the legal costs from the person until at least 30 days after complying with the request.
A law practice is not entitled to charge a person for the preparation of an itemised bill requested under this clause.
Section 95D applies to the giving of an itemised bill under this clause.
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