Clause 122

Subject to the provisions of this Act, no solicitor, except by leave of the court, shall commence or maintain any action for the recovery of any costs due for any business done by him until the expiration of one month after he has delivered to the party to be charged therewith, or sent by post to, or left with him at his office or place of business, dwelling house or last known place of abode, a bill of such costs, which bill shall either be signed by such solicitor, or, in the case of a partnership, by any of the partners, either with his own name or with the name or style of such partnership, or by a solicitor employed by such solicitor or such partnership, or be enclosed in or accompanied by a letter, signed in the like manner, referring to such bill.

Where a bill is proved to have been delivered in compliance with subsection (1) of this section it shall not be necessary in the first instance for the solicitor to prove the contents of the bill and it shall be presumed until the contrary is shown to be a bill bona fide complying with this Act.