LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 186 Conditional costs agreements
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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 186
Conditional costs agreements186 Conditional costs agreements
(1) A barrister or solicitor may make a costs agreement under which the payment of all of the barrister's or solicitor's costs is contingent on the successful outcome of the matter in which the barrister or solicitor provides the legal services.
(2) Any such costs agreement is called a "conditional costs agreement".
(3) A conditional costs agreement may relate to proceedings in a court or tribunal, except criminal proceedings.
(4) A conditional costs agreement must set out the circumstances constituting the successful outcome of the matter.
(5) A conditional costs agreement may exclude disbursements from the costs that are payable only on the successful outcome of the matter.