Note
The amounts in this Schedule are inclusive of GST.
Part 1 Fees for lawyer's work done
Item | Matter for which charge is made |
Charge |
---|---|---|
101 | Drafting documents (other than letters) | $14.10 per 100 words |
102 | Producing documents in printed form (other than letters) | $4.85 per 100 words |
103 | Drafting and producing letters (including fax or e-mail transmissions) | $16.20 per 100 words |
104 | Reading documents | $6.60 per 100 words |
105 | Scanning of documents (where reading is not necessary) |
$2.65 per 100 words |
106 | For a document or letter mentioned in item 101, 102, 103, 104 or 105 containing more than 3 000 words | The amount allowed by the Registrar |
107 | Photocopy or other reproduction of a document | 20 cents per page |
108 | Time reasonably spent by a lawyer on work requiring the skill of a lawyer (except work to which any other item in this Part applies) | $165.00 per hour |
109 | Time reasonably spent by a lawyer, or by a clerk of a lawyer, on work (except work to which any other item in this Part applies) | $107.30 per hour |
Part 2 Fees for counsel's work done
Item |
Matter for which charge is made | Charge |
---|---|---|
201 | Chamber work (including preparing or settling any necessary document, opinion, advice or evidence, and any reading fee (if allowed)) | $190-$270 per hour |
202 | Conferences (including court appointed conferences), if necessary | $190-$270 per hour |
203 | Short attendances (for example, procedural hearings, interim or procedural hearings, summary hearings taking less than 3 hours) | $170-$795 |
204 | Short defended hearings (taking at least 3 hours but not more than 1 day) | $580-$1 340 |
205 | Other defended hearings |
$1 340-$1 970 per day |
206 | Reserved judgment | $190-$270 per hour |
Part 3 Basic composite amount for undefended divorce
Item | Matter for which charge is made | Charge |
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301 | If the lawyer employed another lawyer to attend at court for the applicant and there is a child of the marriage under 18 years old | $720 |
302 | If the lawyer employed another lawyer to attend at court for the applicant and there is no child of the marriage under 18 years old | $535 |
303 | If the lawyer did not employ another lawyer to attend at court for the applicant and there is a child of the marriage under 18 years old | $675 |
304 | If the lawyer did not employ another lawyer to attend at court for the applicant and there is no child of the marriage under 18 years old | $505 |
305 | If the lawyer did not attend at court for the hearing under section 98A of the Act | $435 |
Part 4 Basic composite amount for application for Enforcement Warrant or Third Party Debt Notice
Item | Matter for which charge is made | Charge |
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401 | An Enforcement Warrant under rule 20.16 | $435 |
402 | A Third Party Debt Notice under rule 20.32 |
$435 |