Table of contents
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Table of contents
- 1 – Introduction
- 2 – Types of matters that may be assisted
- 3 – Criminal law guidelines
- 4 – Commonwealth family law and child support guidelines
- 5 – Commonwealth civil law guidelines
- 6 – State family guidelines
- 7 – State civil law guidelines
- 8 – Standard grants assessment process
- 9 – Simplified grants assessment process
- 10 – Referral and practitioner panels
- 11 – Means test
- 12 – Commonwealth merits test
- 13 – State reasonableness test and interests of justice test
- 14 – Special circumstances
- 15 – Applying for a grant of legal assistance
- 16 – Decision to grant or refuse assistance
- 17 – Reconsideration and review of decisions
- 18 – Standard terms and conditions
- 19 – Contributions and overdue payments
- 20 – Abandoning legal assistance
- 21 – Finalising grants of legal assistance
- 22 – Allocation of work to lawyers and law firms
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23 – Payments to lawyers and service providers
- Professional costs
- Counsel's fees
- Payments to agents
- Duty lawyer schemes
- Disbursements
- Cost ceilings
- Stage of matter limits
- Lump sum fees
- Costs payable in criminal law matters
- Costs payable in State family matters
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Costs payable in Commonwealth family law matters
- Principles applying to family law matters generally
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Fee Schedule 1M – Family law stage of matter limits
- Fee Schedule 3 – Counsel’s fees in family law matters
- Costs payable in civil law matters
- 24 – Compliance reviews
- 25 – Privacy protection
- 26 – Complaints and feedback
- Topic index
- Invoices, worksheets and forms
- Contact us
Fee Schedule 1M – Family law stage of matter limits
From 1 November 2011 the new Commonwealth family law guidelines apply. Under these guidelines Fee Schedule 1M – Family law stage of matter limits replaces Fee Schedule 1L.
The following fees shall apply to all Family Law Act cases (including extensions) where legal assistance was approved on or after 1 November 2011.
Where a practitioner is in receipt of a grant of legal assistance pursuant to Fee Schedule 1M and the extention of assistance has not been completed, the practitioner may claim the higher stage fee pursuant to this table.
Index
- Stage 1 – negotiations/Roundtable Dispute Management
- Stage 2 – litigation
- Stage 3 – preparation for trial
- Stage 4 – trial
- Stage 5 – appeals in the Family Court
- Counsel’s fees – trial costs
- Annulment proceedings
- Independent children’s lawyer proceedings – Family Court
- Independent children’s lawyer proceedings – Federal Magistrates Court
- Counsel’s fees – independent children’s lawyer
- Assistance for child support matters
Fees prior to 1 November 2011
For fee schedules prior to 1 November 2011 see Archived versions of the Handbook.