New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2004 - SECT 337

337 Interpretation and application

(1) In this Division:
"defendant" means a person against whom a claim for personal injury damages is or may be made.
"party" means plaintiff or defendant.
"personal injury damages" has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Civil Liability Act 2002 .
"plaintiff" means a person who makes or is entitled to make a claim for personal injury damages.

(2) This Division does not apply to the following costs:

(a) costs payable to an applicant for compensation under Part 2 of the Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996 in respect of the application for compensation,

(b) costs for legal services provided in respect of a claim under the Motor Accidents Act 1988 or Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 ,

(c) costs for legal services provided in respect of a claim for work injury damages (as defined in the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 ),

(d) costs for legal services provided in respect of a claim for damages in proceedings of the kind referred to in section 11 (Claims for damages for dust diseases etc to be brought under this Act) of the Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 .