Queensland Consolidated Regulations

LEGAL PROFESSION REGULATION 2017 - REG 71

71 Additional disclosure—settlement of litigious matters—Act, s 312

(1) For section 312 (2) of the Act , the matters in this section are relevant to section 312 (1) of the Act when there is more than 1 law practice acting on behalf of a client.

(2) A law practice that negotiates the settlement of a litigious matter on behalf of the client (the
"negotiating practice" ) may ask any other law practice acting on behalf of the client to give information needed for a disclosure under section 312 (1) of the Act and state when the information is required (being a day and time that is reasonable in the circumstances).

(3) A law practice asked to give information under subsection (2) must comply with the request.

(4) However, if the negotiating practice has retained another law practice to act on behalf of the client, the only information required to be given by the other law practice under subsection (3) is a reasonable estimate of the amount of legal costs payable to the other law practice if the matter is settled.

(5) A law practice given information by another law practice under this section is entitled to rely on the information when complying with section 312 of the Act .