District Court Rules 2005

Unless otherwise ordered, a legal practitioner for a party to a case must not enter the case for trial unless the legal practitioner has given the party written notice of —

the approximate legal costs and disbursements of the party up to and including giving the notice;

the estimated future legal costs and disbursements of the party up to but not including the trial;

the estimated length of the trial and the legal costs and disbursements associated with it;

the estimated legal costs and disbursements that the party would have to pay to another party if the party were to lose the case.

Within 14 days after the date on which a party is served with a Form 1 (Entry for trial), the legal practitioner for the party must give the party written notice of the legal costs and disbursements referred to in subrule (1).