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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 198I Meaning of "amount recovered" on a claim

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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1987 - SECT 198I

Meaning of "amount recovered" on a claim

198I Meaning of "amount recovered" on a claim

(1) A reference in this Division to the amount recovered on a claim includes any amount paid under a compromise or settlement of the claim (whether or not legal proceedings have been instituted).
(2) In determining the amount recovered on a claim for personal injury damages, no regard is to be had to any part of the amount recovered that is attributable to costs or to the addition of interest.