Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (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.
(2) The law practice
must comply with the request within 21 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 in
accordance with this Division.
(5) If the person
makes a request for an itemised bill in accordance with this section, the law
practice must not commence legal proceedings to recover the legal costs from
the person until at least 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 290(3) and (6) apply to the giving of an itemised bill under
this section.