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Fair Trading Act 1987
79MClaim relating to solicitor’s or barrister’s costs
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#### 79M Claim relating to solicitor’s or barrister’s costs
79M Claim relating to solicitor’s or barrister’s costs
(cf CC Act 1998, s 7 (5))
> A matter arising in relation to the fairness or reasonableness of the costs charged by a barrister or solicitor for an item of business transacted by the barrister or solicitor is not within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal if the costs can be the subject of a costs assessment under Part 3.2 of the [Legal Profession Act 2004](/view/html/repealed/current/act-2004-112).
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> **pt 6A, div 2 (ss 79I-79M):** Ins 2015 No 12, Sch 1 \[11\].