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Family Law Rules 1984
36Notice of rights
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36 Notice of rights
(1) A lawyer must serve a notice of rights on a person (except a legal aid body or another lawyer acting for a client in the proceeding) who is liable to pay the costs of work done for a proceeding.
(2) A notice of rights must:
(a) be in a form approved by the Principal Registrar; and
(b) contain a statement to the effect that, in accordance with this Division, the person on whom it is served may:
(i) if an account payable by the person is not in the form of a bill — request a bill; and
(ii) dispute the bill, or part of it, by filing a notice in accordance with Form 57.
(3) A lawyer is not required to serve more than 1 notice of rights if each account rendered in the course of the proceeding, after the notice of rights was served, includes an endorsement referring to the notice of rights.