41Referral of applications to costs assessors

41 Referral of applications to costs assessors

41 Referral of applications to costs assessors

(1) For the Act, section 93(1)(a), the Manager must refer a costs assessment application to the most suitable costs assessor, having regard to the following—

(a) the costs assessor’s availability,

(b) the nature of the matter,

(c) for an assessment of ordered costs—the court or tribunal in which the order for costs was made,

(d) the location of the parties and Australian legal practitioners acting for the parties,

(e) the need to avoid a conflict of interest.

(2) The Manager must inform the parties to a costs assessment application of the name, address and other contact details of the costs assessor to whom the application has been referred.