LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 198H Apportionment of maximum costs between solicitors and barristers
This legislation has been repealed.
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 198H
Apportionment of maximum costs between solicitors and barristers198H Apportionment of maximum costs between solicitors and barristers
(1) If more than one person (solicitor or barrister) provides legal services to a party in connection with a claim, the maximum costs fixed by this Division are to be apportioned between them as agreed by them or (failing agreement) as ordered by the court hearing proceedings on the claim.
(2) The maximum then applicable to a particular solicitor or barrister is the solicitor's or barrister's apportioned share of those maximum costs.