57Information relating to costs assessments

57 Information relating to costs assessments

57 Information relating to costs assessments

(1) For the Act, section 93(1)(b)(i), during a costs assessment or review, a costs assessor may consider information and documents provided by the Costs Assessment Rules Committee.

(2) The Costs Assessment Rules Committee may provide the following to costs assessors, to assist costs assessors to assess costs—

(a) information about market rates for legal costs,

(b) comparative assessments of previous costs assessments and reviews,

(c) relevant judgments of the Supreme Court on appeal from costs assessors’ determinations,

(d) advice about relevant provisions of the Act and this regulation,

(e) other relevant information.

(3) In this section—

Costs Assessment Rules Committee means the Costs Assessment Rules Committee constituted under the Act, section 92.