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FAMILY LAW RULES 20042003 No. 375 - RULE 19.13

Steps before costs recovery
A lawyer may start or continue a case to recover costs from a client only if:

(a)
the lawyer has served on the client an account and a costs notice, and no request for an itemised costs account has been made under rule 19.20; or

(b)
an itemised costs account has been served on the client and:

(i)
a Notice Disputing Itemised Costs Account (Form 15) has not been served under rule 19.23;
(ii)
a Form 15 has been served under rule 19.23 and the dispute has been resolved by agreement between the parties; or
(iii)
a Form 15 has been filed under subrule 19.24 (3) and the dispute has been determined or the Form 15 has been withdrawn.

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