Disclosure notice

This Disclosure Notice contains information that we are required by law to disclose to our Clients under the Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld). 

The basis on which legal costs will be calculated is set out in a Costs Agreement. 

An estimate of the total legal costs, and an explanation of the major variables that will affect the calculation of those costs, will be set out in the Costs Agreement. 

Details of the intervals at which our Client will be billed will be set out in the Costs Agreement.

An estimate of the range of costs that may be recovered if our Client if they are successful in litigation, and of the range of costs our Client may be ordered to pay if they are unsuccessful, will be set out in the Costs Agreement. 

If an order is made by a Court for the payment of costs in our Client's favour, the order will not necessarily cover the whole of our Client's legal costs. 

A Client has a right to make a reasonable request for a written report of the progress of a matter, and for a written report of the legal costs incurred by the Client in a matter. 

The Client be charged for the cost of preparation of a written report of the progress of a matter, but the Client may not be charged for the cost of preparation of a written report of legal costs.

Under Part 3.4 Division 7 of the Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) a Client may apply to a costs assessor for a costs assessment of the whole or any part of the legal costs. 

The costs application must be made within 12 months of the bill being given, or the request for payment being made. 

The costs application may be made even if the legal costs have been wholly or partly paid. 

If a bill is not given, or a request for payment is not made, the Client may make a costs application within 12 months of paying the costs. 

If a Client makes a costs application, they must give notice of the costs application to GANTT LEGAL.

The Client may apply to the Supreme Court of Queensland for an order to set aside the Costs Agreement on the basis that the Costs Agreement is not fair or reasonable.

In almost all cases, the law of Queensland will apply to legal costs in relation to this matter in which GANTT LEGAL acts. 

The Client has the right to enter into a Costs Agreement with us on the basis that a corresponding law of another State or Territory is applicable, such as where the legal services are or will be completely or primarily provided in, or where the matter has a substantial connection with, that other State or Territory. 

The Client also has the right in certain circumstances to notify GANTT LEGAL in writing in accordance with the time limits of the corresponding law, that the Client requires the law of another State or Territory to apply.

For more information about your rights, please read the facts sheet titled ‘Legal Costs – your right to know’.

You can ask us for a copy, or obtain it from the Queensland Law Society or download it from their website at www.qls.com.au. 

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