---
title: "Itemised bill and letter answering a request for one"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/itemised-bill"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a42-itemised-bill"
area_id: "A42"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A42-A20260923-1", "A42-B1-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/itemised-bill  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Costs, billing & litigation funding](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 5 authorities it cites, for New South Wales.

## 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

- [Build a draft bill from the time records and the disclosure](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/build-a-draft-bill-from-the-time-records-and-the-disclosure.md)
- [Review a bill for AI-assisted work](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/review-a-bill-for-ai-assisted-work.md)

## 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

## Authorities

- [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) s 186 (a bill may be a lump sum bill or an itemised bill)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/lpul333/s186.html)
- [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) s 187 (request within 30 days; itemised bill within 21 days; part only if the person is liable for part)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/lpul333/s187.html)
- [Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) s 188 (the bill or the letter nominates or is signed by a responsible principal)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/lpul333/s188.html)
- [Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 (NSW) r 74 (when an itemised bill higher than the lump sum bill can be recovered)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/lpugr2015372/s74.html)
- [Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner, news item dated 6 December 2024, publishing the joint statement on the use of artificial intelligence in Australian legal practice](https://lsbc.vic.gov.au/news-updates/news/statement-use-artificial-intelligence-australian-legal-practice)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/itemised-bill and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*