Legal Costs
Parties may employ lawyers (barristers or solicitors) to represent them in a proceeding. These lawyers usually charge their clients for their services (fees) and expenses that they have paid on the client’s behalf (disbursements). Disbursements may include court fees. Together these charges are known as costs.
In this section:
- Legal costs: costs allowable for work done and services performed
Under Federal Court Rules 2011, Schedule 3 - National guide to counsel fees
- Bills of costs - guide to discretionary items
See also Costs Practice Note (GPN-COSTS):
