Family Law Rules (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1996

No. 28 1

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Family Law Rules 2(Amendment)

WE, Judges within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975, make the following Rules of Court under that Act.

Dated 6 February 1996.

 ALAN J. BARBLETT

 J. EDWARD ELLIS

 J. F. FOGARTY

 K. A. MURRAY

 H. R. FREDERICO

 E. R. BAKER

 N. J. BUCKLEY

 ALWYNNE ROWLANDS

 T. E. LINDENMAYER

 RODERICK JOSKE

 JOSEPHINE M. MAXWELL

 EDWARD BUTLER

 PETER B. HASE

 RICHARD W. GEE

 D. BULBECK

 J. S. PURDY

 RODNEY N. PURVIS

 J. WILCZEK

 W. ROURKE

 H. J. BURTON

 G. R. MULLANE

 A. GRAHAM

 JOHN COHEN

 N. MUSHIN

 I. R. COLEMAN

 M. A. HANNON

 SALLY BROWN

 B. JORDAN

 S. R. O’RYAN

 LINDA DESSAU

 MICHELLE MAY

 Judges of the Family Court

 of Australia

ALGIS RADZEVICIUS

Acting Principal Registrar

Family Court of Australia

 

 I. W. P. McCALL

 ALAN J. BARBLETT

 D. R. ANDERSON

 N. TOLCON

 MICHAEL H. HOLDEN

 C. E. MARTIN (Acting Judge)

 Judges of the Family Court

 of Western Australia

A. MORONI

Registrar

Family Court of Western Australia

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Rules commence on 19 February 1996.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Family Law Rules are amended as set out in these Rules.

3.   Schedule 2, Part 1 (Costs for work done)

3.1   Omit the Part, substitute:

 

“PART 1—COSTS FOR WORK DONE

Item

No. Matter in respect of which charge is made Charge

1	Drawing documents
(a) court documents	$28 for
each page
(b) other documents	$10 for
each folio
2	Engrossing documents
(a) court documents	$9.50 for
each page
(b) other documents	$3.50 for
each folio
3	Drafting and typing
(a) short letter (up to 1 folio in length)	$13.50
(b) circular letter (up to 1 folio in length)	$5.50
(c) any other letter	$11.50 for
each folio
4	Telephone attendance
(a) continuing up to 5 minutes	$9.50
(b) continuing for more than 5 minutes	At the rate
of $117 for each hour

Item

No. Matter in respect of which charge is made Charge

 

5	Perusal of documents
(a) for each page		$13.50
(b) fewer than 30 folios		$4.50 for each folio
(c) 30 or more folios		An amount at the discretion of the taxing officer
6	Scanning of documents (where perusal is
not necessary)
(a) fewer than 10 pages		$5.50 for each page
(b) 10 or more pages		An amount at the discretion of the taxing officer
7	Preparation of the appeal papers in a solicitor’s office		An amount at the discretion of the taxing officer
8	Photographic  reproduction, carbon or other copy of a document		$1.20 for each page
8a		Transmitting urgent and necessary written material by means of the solicitor’s own facsimile machine	$5.50 for the first page $2.30 for each subsequent page
[NOTE:   STD and ISD transmission fees may be claimed as a disbursement properly incurred.]

Item

No. Matter in respect of which charge is made Charge

 

8b	Receiving written material by means of the solicitor’s own facsimile machine	$1.30 for each page
9	Time reasonably spent by a solicitor on work requiring the skill of a solicitor, (except work referred to in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8A, 8B, or 10)	At the rate of $117 for each hour
10	Time reasonably spent by a solicitor, or by a clerk of a solicitor, on work (except work referred to in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8A, 8B or 9)	At the rate of $76 for each hour”.

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4.   Schedule 2, Part 2 (Counsel’s fees)

4.1   Omit the Part, substitute:

 

“PART 2—COUNSEL’S FEES

Item

No. Matter in respect of which charge is made Charge

 

11	Chamber work, including preparing or settling any necessary document, opinion, advice or evidence, and any reading fee (if allowed)	$135-$190 for each hour or part of an hour
12	Conferences (including court appointed conferences), where necessary	$135-$190 for each hour or part of an hour
13	Short appearances (directions hearing, interim or procedural hearing, summary hearing taking less than 3 hours, etc.)	$120-$560

Item

No. Matter in respect of which charge is made Charge

 

14	Short defended hearings (taking at least 3 hours but not more than 1 day)	$410-$950
15	Other defended hearings	$950-$1,400
for each
day
16	Reserved judgment	$135-$190
for each hour or part of an hour”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 16 February 1996.

2. Statutory Rules 1984 No. 425 as amended by 1985 No. 341; 1986 Nos. 6 and 193; 1987 Nos. 15, 74 and 222; 1988 Nos. 9, 15, 16, 46, 166 and 236; 1989 Nos. 49, 65, 175, 201, 266 and 331; 1990 Nos. 20, 74, 348 and 474; 1991 Nos. 122, 414, 475 and 476; 1992 Nos. 8, 45, 161 and 304; 1993 Nos. 51 and 160; 1994 Nos. 25, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 152 and 401; 1995 Nos. 2, 144, 145, 146, 319 and 371.