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LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW (NSW) - SECT 187

Request for itemised bills

187 Request for itemised bills

(1) If a bill is given by a law practice in the form of a lump sum bill, any person who is entitled to apply for an assessment of the legal costs to which the bill relates may request the law practice to give the person an itemised bill.
(2) A request for an itemised bill must be made within 30 days after the date on which the legal costs become payable.
(3) The law practice must comply with the request within 21 days after the date on which the request is made in accordance with subsection (2).
(4) 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.



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