EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 253
Issued by the authority of the
Justices of the High Court of Australia
AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGH COURT RULES 2004
Schedule 2 of the High Court Rules 2004 specifies the amount which solicitors, who are entitled to practise in the High Court, may charge and be allowed on taxation of costs by the Taxing Officer of the Court in respect of proceedings in the Court.
The amounts in the Schedule were last varied by Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 283 made on 6 December 2011, and which came into operation on 1 January 2012.
The Joint Costs Advisory Committee, in its report dated September 2012, recommended an increase of 2.7% to the solicitors’ costs as set out in Schedule 2.
The Court has agreed to the recommendation of the Committee and the increase, which is to come into operation on Tuesday, 1 January 2013, will apply in respect of all work done and services performed by solicitors after Tuesday, 31 December 2012.