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FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA (FAMILY LAW) RULES 2021 - RULE 12.25

Waiting and travelling time

  (1)   Subrule (2) applies if:

  (a)   a lawyer has travelled less than 100 kilometres from the lawyer's place of business to attend court; and

  (b)   it is not appropriate or proper for an agent to attend court instead of the lawyer.

  (2)   The lawyer may charge an amount for time reasonably spent attending a court event if the lawyer was:

  (a)   at court waiting for the court event to start or resume after the time allocated; or

  (b)   travelling to or from court.

  (3)   A lawyer who attends court for the hearing of 2 or more proceedings may charge, for each proceeding, an amount that is reasonable, having regard to the time spent at each hearing:

  (a)   travelling to or from court; or

  (b)   waiting for each hearing to start or resume.

  (4)   The total amount that may be charged under this rule for all proceedings must not be more than the amount that may be charged under Part   1 of Schedule   3 for one proceeding.



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