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sec.299Main purposes of pt 3.4
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### sec.299 Main purposes of pt 3.4
The main purposes of this part are as follows—
to provide for law practices to make disclosures to clients regarding legal costs;
to regulate the making of costs agreements relating to legal services, including conditional costs agreements;
to regulate the billing of costs for legal services;
to provide a mechanism for the assessment of legal costs and the setting aside of particular costs agreements;
to provide for the maximum payment for a law practice’s conduct of a speculative personal injury claim, other than practice as or in the manner of a barrister.
- (a) to provide for law practices to make disclosures to clients regarding legal costs;
- (b) to regulate the making of costs agreements relating to legal services, including conditional costs agreements;
- (c) to regulate the billing of costs for legal services;
- (d) to provide a mechanism for the assessment of legal costs and the setting aside of particular costs agreements;
- (e) to provide for the maximum payment for a law practice’s conduct of a speculative personal injury claim, other than practice as or in the manner of a barrister.