Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 144 was an attempt to deal with the matter of disclosure. The wording is, "provided that no client shall be responsible for costs incurred by the practitioner where the said practitioner has not disclosed the legal costs that will be incurred in relation to the matter concerned irrespective of whether the said practitioner has set out the basis on which the legal costs are to be calculated". We do ask for it in writing and quantification earlier, the purpose being to remove a defence. I will not move the amendment today, but I will think about it between now and Report Stage.