South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current RegulationsForm 1—Disclosure of costs to clients (regulation 59)
Legal costs—your right to know
You have the right to—
• negotiate a
costs agreement with us
• receive a bill
of costs from us
• request an
itemised bill of costs after you receive a lump sum bill from us
• request
written reports about the progress of your matter and the costs incurred in
your matter
• apply for
costs to be adjudicated within 6 months if you are unhappy with our costs
• apply for the
costs agreement to be set aside
• make a
complaint to the Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner (if you believe there
has been overcharging)
• accept or
reject any offer we make for an interstate costs law to apply to your matter
• notify us that
you require an interstate costs law to apply to your matter
For more information about your rights, please read the fact sheet titled
Legal Costs—your right to know . You can ask us for a copy, or obtain it
from the Law Society of South Australia (or download it from their website).
Form 2—Notification of client's rights (regulation 63)
Your rights in relation to legal costs
The following avenues are available to you if you are not happy with this
bill:
• requesting an
itemised bill
• discussing
your concerns with us
• having our
costs adjudicated
• applying to
set aside our costs agreement
• making a
complaint to the Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner (if you believe there
has been overcharging)
There may be other avenues available in your State or Territory (such as
mediation).
For more information about your rights, please read the fact sheet titled Your
right to challenge legal costs . You can ask us for a copy, or obtain it from
the Law Society of South Australia (or download it from their website).