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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 561

Fees, legal costs and expenses

(1)  An external intervener is entitled to be paid –
(a) fees by way of remuneration; and
(b) the legal costs and the expenses incurred in relation to the external intervention –
in accordance with the instrument of appointment or order made by the Supreme Court appointing the external intervener.
(2)  The fees, costs and expenses are payable by and recoverable from the law practice.
(3)  Fees, costs and expenses not paid to the external intervener by the law practice are payable from the Guarantee Fund.
(4)  An account of the external intervener for fees, costs and expenses may, on the application of the Trust, be assessed under Part 3.3 (Costs disclosure and assessment).
(5)  The Trust may recover any unpaid fees, costs and expenses from the law practice.
(6)  Fees, costs and expenses paid by or recovered from the law practice after they have been paid from the Guarantee Fund are to be paid to the Fund.



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