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LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW (NSW) - SECT 292
Binding determinations in costs disputes
292 Binding determinations in costs disputes
(1) The designated local regulatory authority may make a binding determination
about costs in the circumstances referred to in subsection (2).
(2) The
determination may be made in circumstances where-- (a) the designated local
regulatory authority is unable to resolve a costs dispute referred to in
section 291(1) (whether wholly or partly); and
(b) the total amount of legal
costs still in dispute is less than $10 000 (indexed).
(3) The determination
must specify the amount payable as legal costs (including a nil amount). The
amount ordered as payable must be less than $10 000 (indexed).
(4) A
determination is to be based on the designated local regulatory authority's
assessment of what is fair and reasonable in all the circumstances.
(5) In
considering what is fair and reasonable in all the circumstances, the
designated local regulatory authority must have regard to section 200.
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