Western Australian Numbered Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008 (NO. 21 OF 2008) - SECT 252

252 .         Definitions

                In this Part —

        “bill” means a bill of costs for providing legal services;

        “business day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday;

        “conditional costs agreement” means a costs agreement that provides that the payment of some or all of the legal costs is conditional on the successful outcome of the matter to which those costs relate, as referred to in section 283, but does not include a costs agreement to the extent to which section 285(1) applies;

        “costs agreement” means an agreement about the payment of legal costs;

        “costs assessment” means an assessment of legal costs under Division 8;

        “costs determination” means a legal costs determination made under section 275;

        “disbursements” includes outlays;

        “itemised bill” means a bill that specifies in detail how the legal costs are made up in a way that would allow them to be assessed under Division 8;

        “Legal Costs Committee” means the Legal Costs Committee established under section 310;

        “litigious matter” means a matter that involves, or is likely to involve, the issue of proceedings in a court or tribunal;

        “lump sum bill” means a bill that describes the legal services to which it relates and specifies the total amount of the legal costs;

        “sophisticated client” means a client to whom because of section 263(2)(c) or (d), disclosure under section 260 or  261(1) is or was not required;

        “third party payer” has the meaning given in section 253;

        “uplift fee” means additional legal costs (excluding disbursements) payable under a costs agreement on the successful outcome of the matter to which the agreement relates.