New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION REGULATION 2015 - REG 36

36 Applications by third party payers

(1) If there is an associated third party payer for a client of a law practice:

(a) the client or the associated third party payer may make one or more applications for assessment in relation to costs for which the client or third party payer is solely liable, and

(b) those applications may be made by them at the same time or at different times and may be dealt with jointly or separately.

(2) If there is a non-associated third party payer for a client of a law practice:

(a) the client or the non-associated third party payer may make one or more applications for assessment in relation to costs for which the client or third party payer is solely liable, and

(b) those applications may be made by them at the same time or at different times and may be dealt with jointly or separately, and

(c) despite any other provision of this Division, the assessment of the costs payable by the non-associated third party payer does not affect the amount of legal costs payable by the client to the law practice.

Note : A person notified of an application for a costs assessment under section 198 (8) of the Uniform Law is taken to be a party to the costs assessment.