Waiting time is not claimable:
- for summary matters
- the time spent waiting after the scheduled court time is less than 2 hours
- for lunch breaks
- by Counsel
- when the practitioner attends to other business during the waiting time such as taking instructions from the client, appearing for another client or collecting prosecution material
- for mentions
- when a full day of court time is also claimed
- on sentence unless the time spent in court exceeds 3 hours
- in family law matters
If half a day court time is claimed then the maximum amount of waiting time that may be claimed is 3 hours.