New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION REGULATION 2015 - REG 48

48 Selection of review panels

(1) The Manager, Costs Assessment may, for the purpose of assisting in the reference of applications for reviews of determinations by review panels, place costs assessors in groups according to factors including expertise, location and jurisdiction.

(2) The Manager, Costs Assessment is to refer an application for a review by a review panel to a panel of the most suitable costs assessors having regard to the following:

(a) the availability of costs assessors,

(b) the nature of the matter,

(c) the location of the parties and the Australian legal practitioners acting for the parties concerned,

(d) the avoidance of conflicts of interests of costs assessors.

(3) The Manager, Costs Assessment:

(a) is to issue a notice advising all parties directly affected by the review of the names of the costs assessors who constitute the review panel, and

(b) is to direct that all correspondence to the panel be addressed care of the Manager, Costs Assessment unless a member of the panel on behalf of the panel directs otherwise.