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Legal Profession Act 2007
sec.339Persons to be notified of application
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### sec.339 Persons to be notified of application
The applicant for a costs assessment must, under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules , give notice of the costs application to any other person the applicant knows is 1 of the following—
a law practice to whom the legal costs have been paid or are payable;
the law practice that retained a law practice to whom the legal costs have been paid or are payable;
the client;
a third party payer.
A person given notice of the costs application under subsection (1) —
is entitled to participate in the costs assessment process; and
is taken to be a party to the assessment; and
if the costs assessor so decides, is bound by the assessment.
(sec.339-ssec.1) The applicant for a costs assessment must, under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules , give notice of the costs application to any other person the applicant knows is 1 of the following— a law practice to whom the legal costs have been paid or are payable; the law practice that retained a law practice to whom the legal costs have been paid or are payable; the client; a third party payer.
(sec.339-ssec.2) A person given notice of the costs application under subsection (1) — is entitled to participate in the costs assessment process; and is taken to be a party to the assessment; and if the costs assessor so decides, is bound by the assessment.
- (a) a law practice to whom the legal costs have been paid or are payable;
- (b) the law practice that retained a law practice to whom the legal costs have been paid or are payable;
- (c) the client;
- (d) a third party payer.
- (a) is entitled to participate in the costs assessment process; and
- (b) is taken to be a party to the assessment; and
- (c) if the costs assessor so decides, is bound by the assessment.