Letter · Costs, billing & litigation funding
Itemised bill and letter answering a request for one
Covering letter and itemised bill in answer to a request made after a lump sum bill, with the 30-day request period and the 21-day response period, and a named responsible principal.
- Kind
- Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Where it applies
- New South Wales
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the 5 authorities it cites, for New South Wales.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a person entitled to apply for an assessment asks for an itemised bill of a lump sum bill. Do not use it to increase the amount of the lump sum bill unless rule 74 has been checked against the earlier disclosure.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may turn approved time records into draft rows. A principal checks every row against the records and signs or is named as the responsible principal.
AI may
- Lay out date, description, time and amount from time records the principal has marked as billable
- Add the disbursements shown on the invoices supplied with those records
AI must not
- Must not create a time entry or a disbursement that is not in the records
- Must not raise the total above the lump sum bill
- Must not describe AI output as time worked by a person
The lawyer checks
- The request was made within 30 days after the costs became payable, and this bill goes out within 21 days of the request
- If the person is liable for only part of the costs, the bill itemises only that part
- A principal signs the bill or the letter, or is nominated in it as the responsible principal, and the total is not higher than the lump sum bill unless rule 74 is met
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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