SA Solicitor Fees Lack Detail - Is This Normal?

[DadyO]

Hi

I received a bill from the solicitor the other day and just felt it lacked detail. Do you think the below meets a fair standard or is this a bit slack?

Date Solicitor attendance on you and xxxxx to discuss xxxxx
Date Peruse email- email from client
Date Peruse email- email from client
Date Telephone attendance on you (exceeding but say 2 units)
$xxx.xx

GST $xxx.xx
TOTAL $xxx.xx


There are no amounts for each date? Nowhere is there a statement of the solicitor fees or what a "unit" is (I assume 0.1 hrs)

If I received a statement from another professional service and it effectively said I did a bunch of stuff and here is the total, I'd say please explain.

At the bottom, there are some statements about disputes and term, etc.

Thanks

 

[AllForHer]

Check your initial contract with the solicitor. They ordinarily include a schedule of fees in the contract.

 

[DadyO]

Thanks, but it's not the rates that I'm questioning. It's the lack of information on the invoice.

When I get an invoice from my mechanic it shows what each part cost and a total. This invoice is a list of parts and a total. It doesn’t really matter, just poor business practice.