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Scale of Costs

The current consolidation of the High Court of Australia Rules 2004  contain the current scale.

Rule of Court amending the scale of costs:

Legal Practitioners' Scale of Costs

The High Court, Federal Court, Family Court and Federal Circuit Court have established a Joint Costs Advisory Committee (JCAC) to inquire into, and to make recommendations on, any variations in the quantum of costs (including expenses and fees for witnesses) allowable to legal practitioners which should be contained in the scales of costs in the:

High Court of Australia Rules 2004

Federal Court Rules 2011

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Rules 2021

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (Family Law) Rules 2021

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (Bankruptcy) Rules 2021

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (General Federal Law) Rules 2021

These scales are used to determine the amount payable where one party must pay the legal costs of another party to a proceeding.

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