Legal Practitioners' Scale of Costs
25 June 2018
The High Court, Federal Court, Family Court and Federal Circuit Court have established a Joint Costs Advisory Committee (JCAC) to inquire into, and to make recommendations on, any variations in the quantum of costs (including expenses and fees for witnesses) allowable to legal practitioners which should be contained in the scales of costs in the:
High Court Rules
Federal Court
Rules
Family Law Rules
Federal Circuit
Court Rules
These scales are used to determine the amount payable where one party must pay the legal costs of another party to a proceeding.
Interested persons and organisations are invited to submit in writing any views on changes to the scales of costs they wish to have considered by JCAC.
Submissions (which will be available to the public unless deemed confidential by JCAC) should be sent to:
Joint Costs
Advisory Committee
c/- Federal
Court of Australia
Level 16
Law Courts
Building
Queens Square
SYDNEY NSW
2000
Email: John.Mathieson@fedcourt.gov.au
Phone: 02 9230
8341
The deadline for submissions is 31 July 2018.
