Standard costs disclosure form for clients - solicitors and other law practices (except barristers)
Schedule 1 Form 1
Legal Profession Uniform Law s 174(5)
- Date provided to client:
- [insert date in DD/MM/YYYY format]
Law practice details
- Name:
- Corporate Legal Pty Ltd trading as Legally Sorted
- Contact:
- [insert name of responsible solicitor]
- Address:
- [insert Corporate Legal street address and Suburb]
- State/Territory:
- NSW
- Postcode:
- [insert postcode]
- Phone:
- [insert phone number]
- Mobile (Optional):
- [insert mobile, or leave blank]
- Email (Optional):
- [leave blank, or insert email]
Client details
- Name:
- [insert client's full name or entity name]
- Address:
- [insert Street, Suburb]
- State/Territory:
- [insert State]
- Postcode:
- [insert Postcode]
- Phone:
- [insert phone]
- Mobile (Optional):
- [insert mobile, or leave blank]
- Email (Optional):
- [insert email]
What we will do for you
Review your intake answers and the [insert product name] generated from them, make the changes our solicitor considers necessary in 1 round of review, and deliver the final document to you in Word and PDF format with a short note of the main changes and signing instructions. This does not include negotiating with any other party, advice outside the document, or registering or lodging the document.
How much we estimate you will need to pay
The basis for calculating costs
Fixed fee $[insert Fixed Fee excl GST]
- Estimated total cost of our legal services (excl. GST): $
- [insert Fixed Fee excl GST]
- Further Details:
- Fixed fee for the work described above. It does not change with the time we spend. Further work is only done under a separate written quote.
- Estimated amount for disbursements (excl. GST): $
- [insert amount, or 0.00]
Itemised disbursements (Optional)
- [insert disbursement, e.g. electronic signing fee]
- $[insert amount excl GST]
- Estimated total cost of barrister or other law practice (excl. GST): $
- 0.00
- GST: $
- [insert total GST]
- Estimated full amount you will need to pay (incl. GST): $
- [insert total incl GST]
This is an estimate only.
We will inform you if anything happens that significantly changes this estimate.
If our professional fee is likely to be more than $3000 (before GST and disbursements are added) we will provide you with a full disclosure of costs in writing.
Your rights include to:
• Ask for an explanation of this form
• Negotiate a costs agreement
• Negotiate the billing method (e.g. timing or task)
• Request a written progress report of costs incurred
• Receive a written bill for work done
• Request an itemised bill
• Contact your local regulatory authority.
Information sheets for consumers and legal practitioners explain this form.
Further information (not part of the prescribed form)
In New South Wales, the local regulatory authority is the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner, olsc.nsw.gov.au, freecall 1800 242 958.
The Legal Services Council's information sheet for consumers explaining this form is at legalservicescouncil.org.au.
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