Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) Except as these Rules or any order of the Court otherwise provides, the fees and allowances that are discretionary that are referred to in Appendix A must be allowed at the discretion of a registrar or the Costs Court.
(2) In exercising the discretion under paragraph (1), the Costs Court must have regard to the following—
(a) the complexity of the matter;
(b) the difficulty or novelty of the questions involved in the matter;
(c) the skill, specialised knowledge and responsibility involved and the time and labour expended by the Australian lawyer or counsel;
(d) the number and importance of the documents prepared and perused, regardless of length;
(e) the amount or value of money or property involved;
(f) research and consideration of questions of law and fact;
(g) the general care and conduct of the Australian lawyer or counsel, having regard to the instructions and all relevant circumstances;
(h) the time within which the work was required to be done;
(i) allowances otherwise made in accordance with the Scale in Appendix A;
(j) any other relevant matter.
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