Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 332

332 Request for itemised bill

(1) If a bill is given by a law practice in the form of a lump sum bill, any person who is entitled to apply for an assessment of the legal costs to which the bill relates may request the law practice to give the person an itemised bill.

Note—

A bill in the form of a lump sum bill includes a bill other than an itemised bill.

(2) The law practice must comply with the request within 28 days after the date on which the request is made.

(3) If the person making the request is liable to pay only a part of the legal costs to which the bill relates, the request for an itemised bill may only be made in relation to those costs that the person is liable to pay.

(4) Subject to subsection (5) , a law practice must not commence legal proceedings to recover legal costs from a person who has been given a lump sum bill until at least 30 days after the date on which the person is given the bill.

(5) If the person makes a request for an itemised bill within 30 days after receiving the lump sum bill, the law practice must not commence proceedings to recover the legal costs from the person until 30 days after complying with the request.

(6) A law practice is not entitled to charge a person for the preparation of an itemised bill requested under this section.

(7) Section 330 (2) to (8) apply to the giving of an itemised bill under this section.