Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1992 No. 45 FAMILY LAW RULES (AMENDMENT) - SCHEDULE 2

                           SCHEDULE 2          Order 38, rules 3 and 13

SCALE OF COSTS (INCLUDING COUNSEL'S FEES)
Item
  No.     Matter in respect of which charge is made    Charge

PART 1-COSTS FOR WORK DONE
$
  1     Drawing documents

        (a) court documents                         25.60 per page

        (b) other documents                          8.90 per folio

  2     Engrossing documents

        (a) court documents                          8.75 per page

        (b) other documents                          3.30 per folio

  3     Drafting and typing


   (a)  short letter (up to 1 folio in length) 12.40

   (b)  circular letter (up to 1 folio in length)5.15
        (c) any other letter                        10.40 per folio

  4     Telephone attendance

        (a) continuing up to 5 minutes               8.90

        (b) continuing for more than 5 minutes     At the rate of

$107.40 per hour
  5     Perusal of documents

        (a) for each page                           12.15

        (b) fewer than 30 folios                     4.20 per folio

        (c) 30 or more folios                   An amount at

the discretion
of the taxing
officer
  6      Scanning of documents (where perusal is not necessary)

         (a) fewer than 10 pages                     4.90 per page

         (b) 10 or more pages                    An amount at

the discretion of
the taxing
officer
  7       Preparation of the appeal papers in a solicitor's

          office                                An amount at

the discretion of
the taxing officer
  8       Photographic reproduction, carbon or other copy of

          a document                                 1.03 per page

  8A      Transmitting urgent and necessary written material

by means of the solicitor's own facsimile machine
5.15 for the
first page
2.05 for each
subsequent page
(NOTE: STD and ISD transmission fees may be
claimed as a disbursement properly incurred.)
  8B     Receiving written material by means of the solicitor's

         own facsimile machine                       1.03 per page

  9      Time reasonably spent by a solicitor on work

requiring the skill of a solicitor, other than work
referred to in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8A, 8B or 10
At the rate of
$107.40 per hour
  10     Time reasonably spent by a solicitor or by a clerk of

a solicitor on work other than work referred to in
         item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8A, 8B or 9   At the rate of

$70.10 per hour
PART 2-COUNSEL'S FEES
  11     Chamber work, including preparing or settling any

necessary document, opinion, advice or evidence,
         and any reading fee (if allowed)          120-175 per

hour or part
of an hour
  12     Conferences (including court appointed

         conferences), where necessary             120-175 per

hour or part of
an hour
  13     Short appearances (return day, interlocutory

         application, etc.)                        290-515

  14     Short defended list hearings (1 day)      410-875

  15     General defended list hearings            875-1,290 per

day
  16     Reserved judgement                        120-175 per

hour or part of an hour 

  5.1   The amendments effected by rule 3 apply in relation to proceedings
commenced on or after 2 March 1992 and, despite those amendments, the
provisions amended continue to apply in relation to proceedings commenced on
or after 5 November 1990 and before 2 March 1992 as if those provisions had
not been amended.
  5.2   The Schedule substituted by rule 4 applies in relation to work done
and services performed on or after 2 March 1992 and, despite its repeal, the
Schedule repealed by that rule continues to apply in relation to work done and
services performed on or after 5 November 1990 and before 2 March 1992.