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Clause type: Approval
Legal aid has been granted for the Independent Children’s Lawyer to prepare for an adjourned or part heard trial in the Family Law Courts as solicitor advocate. This grant of aid is in addition to the trial preparation grant already provided and covers all work required to prepare for the trial. This is a maximum fee grant of aid. Claims can be made for actual time spent up to the maximum.
The additional standard preparation grants issued in family law are subject to the following payment rules:
Professional fees in family and civil law matters
Costing guidelines for family and civil matters
Practitioners can only claim for the actual time spent meeting with the child or children, drafting and perusing documents up to the maximum allowable. Practitioners must retain records of the preparation undertaken to substantiate their claims under this grant.
Sundries Practitioners may claim up to the entire sundries fee granted. The sundries fee includes all photocopying, phone calls, faxes and stamps. The fees provided are fixed. There are no exceptions for exceeding the sundries grant provided.
Specific disbursements such as subpoena fees and expert reports are subject to separate grants of aid (request separately).