NOTIFICATION OF CLIENT’S RIGHTS

Division 3.2 of the Legal Profession Act 2006 requires that the following advice be given to you.

1.  Costs Assessment

You may apply to have all or any part of our legal costs assessed under Division 3.2 of the Legal Profession Act 2006 (LPA).

Any such application must be made not later than 12 months after the day this bill was given to you, the request for payment was made or, if neither a bill was given nor a request for payment made, not later than 12 months after the day the costs were paid.

2. Setting aside a costs agreement

You may apply to the Supreme Court under Section 288 of the Act to have any costs agreement or a provision of any costs agreement entered into between You and Us set aside on the basis that it is not fair or reasonable.  

3.  Interest

If our costs are not paid for 30 days or longer after the day we give you a bill of costs, we will charge you interest on the unpaid amount at the rate prescribed under the Court Procedures Rules 2006, Schedule 2, Part 2.2, Table 2.3.  As of September 2007, the rate was 11% per annum.