Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations(1) If an offer to settle is made during a property proceeding, the lawyer for each party must tell the party who the lawyer represents:
(a) the party's actual costs, both paid and owing, up to the date of the offer to settle; and
(b) the estimated future costs to finalise the proceeding;
to enable the party to estimate the amount the party will receive if the proceeding is settled in accordance with the offer to settle, after taking into account costs.
(2) In this rule:
"lawyer " does not include counsel instructed by another lawyer.