Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered ActsSection 283 (5)
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(5) Subsection (3) (c) (iii), (d) and (e) also do not apply to a conditional costs agreement made with a sophisticated client.
(6) If a client terminates a conditional costs agreement within the period mentioned in subsection (3) (e), the law practice—
(a) may recover only the legal costs in relation to legal services performed for the client before the termination that were performed on the instructions of the client and with the client's knowledge that the legal services would be performed during the period; and
(b) without limiting paragraph (a), may not recover the uplift fee (if any).