(1)

A person entitled to costs must serve an itemised costs account on the person liable to pay the costs within 28 days after:

(a)

for lawyer and client costs — receiving a request for an itemised costs account; or

(b)

for party and party costs:

(i)

the order requiring payment of costs was made; or

(ii)

the date when the entitlement to costs arose.

Note
A person entitled to costs may serve an itemised costs account even if the person liable to pay the costs has not requested it.

(2)

For party and party costs, the person entitled to costs must serve a costs notice at the same time as the itemised costs account is served under subrule (1).