Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) If a law practice intends to retain another law practice on behalf of a client, the first law practice must disclose to the client the details mentioned in section 269 (1) (a), (d), and (e) (Disclosure of costs to clients) in relation to the other law practice, in addition to any information required to be disclosed to the client under section 269.
(2) A law practice retained or to be retained on behalf of a client by another law practice is not required to make disclosure to the client under section 269, but must disclose to the other law practice the information necessary for the other law practice to comply with subsection (1).
Example
A barrister is retained by a law firm on behalf of a client of the firm. The barrister must disclose to the firm details of the barrister's legal costs and billing arrangements and the firm must disclose the details to the client. However, the barrister is not required to make a disclosure directly to the client.
(3) This section does not apply if the first law practice ceases to act for the client in the matter when the other law practice is retained.