Legal Costs Assessment in Melbourne - Rose Legal Costing
Successful Review Application- Compliance with Costs Disclosure under the Uniform Law Rose Legal Costing ( RLC ) has successfully set aside the determination of a costs assessor, through the Review Application process, due to a law firm’s failure to comply with their disclosure requirements. RLC received instructions from a lay client who had previously instructed the Review Respondent law firm to act on his behalf in respect of a Worker’s Compensation matter. The client had originally instructed another firm of Costs Consultants in respect of the assessment, whereby the assessor concluded that there had adequate disclosure was provided, including in compliance with s 174(1)(a) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law ( LPUL ) . RLC prepared and filed an Application for Review of the determination arguing, inter alia, that an estimate of the total legal costs had not been provided by the law firm, contrary to s 174(1)(a) LPUL. In contrast, totals had been provided in