Fee Schedule 2 – Professional costs, lump sum and other fees in civil law matters

These fees are effective from 1 January 2015.

Where a grant of legal assistance is made for a matter not otherwise provided in this section, costs will be fixed on a case-by-case basis. Professional costs will usually be calculated at 80 per cent of the relevant court scale.

Index

• Preparation fees for counsel in civil law matters
• Principles applying to payment of fees in Personal Safety Intervention Order Act 2010 matters
  • Table A5 – Lump sum and other fees in Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 matters
• Table N – Lump sum fees for coronial inquests
• Table O – Lump sum fees for hearings before the Mental Health Review Board, the Forensic Leave Panel and the Guardianship List
• Table V – Social security reviews and appeals
• Table V(i) – Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal
• Table W – Equal opportunity cases
• Table X – Lump sum fees for Infringements Court cases
• Table Y – Lump sum fees for Chief Examiner or Examiner (Witness Assistance) court cases

Fees prior to 1 January 2015

For fees payable in civil law matters prior to 1 January 2015, see Costs payable in civil law matters in the VLA Handbook (December 2014).

For fees payable prior to this, see Archived versions of the Handbook.