20. Where legal costs are owed to the recipient by an adverse party who is not a recipient, the advocate prepares a bill of costs and sends it to the legal aid body from which the advocate received the mandate, which is subrogated to the rights of the recipient up to the amount appearing in the bill of costs.
The advocate is entitled to fees of $53, unless the bill of costs is contested, in which case the fees are $122.
2020-12-04Decision 2020-12-04, s. 20.