LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 104 Lien for costs on receivable property
This legislation has been repealed.
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 104
Lien for costs on receivable property104 Lien for costs on receivable property
(1) If a solicitor claims a lien for costs on receivable property, the receiver may serve on the solicitor a written notice requiring the solicitor to give the receiver within a specified period of not less than 1 month:(a) particulars sufficient to identify the property, and(b) a detailed bill of costs.
(2) The notice, or a subsequent written notice served on the solicitor, may require the solicitor to apply for an assessment under Part 11 of the bill of costs within a reasonable time specified in the notice.
(3) If the solicitor requests the receiver in writing to allow such access to receivable property as is reasonably necessary to enable the solicitor to have a bill of costs assessed in compliance with a notice under subsection (1) or (2), the time allowed for assessment does not begin to run until the access is provided.
(4) If a requirement of a notice under subsection (1) or (2) is not complied with, the receiver may, in dealing with the property claimed to be subject to a lien, disregard the claim.