New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION REGULATION 2015 - REG 32

32 Applications for costs assessment--section 68 of the application Act

(1) For the purposes of section 68 (1) of the application Act, an application for costs assessment:

(a) is to be made in the approved form, and

(b) is to be accompanied by the fee calculated in accordance with clause 33.

(2) The application must authorise a costs assessor to have access to, and to inspect, all documents of the applicant that are held by the applicant, or by any law practice, Australian legal practitioner or Australian-registered foreign lawyer concerned, in respect of the matter to which the application relates.

(3) The application must contain a statement by the applicant that there is no reasonable prospect of settlement of the matter by mediation.