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
- Counsels' 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 1L – Family law stage of matter limits
- Fee Schedule 3 – Counsel’s fees in family law matters
- Costs payable in family law matters for events prior to 18 February 2008
- 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 1L – Family law stage of matter limits
The following fees shall apply to all Family Law Act cases (including extensions) where legal assistance was approved on or after 18 February 2008:
- Stage 1 – negotiations/primary dispute resolution
- Stage 2 – litigation
- Stage 3 – preparation for trial
- Stage 4 – trial costs for lawyer in the Family Court and the Federal Magistrates Court
- Stage 5 – appeals in the Family Court
- Counsel’s fees – trial costs
- Dissolution 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.