Our Services & Fees -
Legal Profession

We are a para-legal firm specialising in the drafting of the documents required for the assessment of legal costs in both "solicitor/client" and "party/party" matters. These are now being referred to under the Uniform Laws as "uniform costs" and "ordered costs" respectively.

We draft Bills of Costs that are predominately unrestricted and base entirely upon one's Costs Agreement. Of course we also draft Bills that are subject to restrictions imposed by court scales or regulations (attracting a slight surcharge).

By limiting ourselves to such work and avoiding strict legal issues and contests, we can offer to you substantially discounted rates for performing this work which are markedly lower than the norm in the profession.

And of course Objections are if we may say, our most favoured work.

Legal Costs Consultants are in fact usually former Solicitors and legal secretaries, thus they have a first-hand knowledge of the workings of litigation and the law in general. They know what should be included in a chronology of costs and perhaps what might be missing and should be included. Our directors are such people.

We offer to you a range of legal costing services at very competitive rates:

• Preparation of Bills of Costs for solicitor/client matters (NSW state & federal jurisdictions).

• Preparation of Bills of Costs for party/party (NSW state jurisdiction).

• Preparation of Bills of Costs for party/party matters (federal jurisdictions and other restricted scales) - on request.

• Preparation of Objections, Replies, Submissions and Forms.

• Preparation of Appraisals - on request.

• Assisting on procedural aspects.

• Excellent turn-around time with priority given to Objections.

• Extended 3 month terms of payment, or more, if assessment is ongoing.

Our fees

Our discounted fees are as follows:

• 5.0% on gross profit costs (excl gst) for the preparation of solicitor/client and party/party Bills of Costs based upon your Costs Agreement at commercial rates. This substantially discounted rate is for hardcopy files only.*

• Additional 1.5% for electronic files.*

• Additional 1.5% for party/party federal and other restricted scales.

• Additional 1.0% on gross profit costs to review Bill to party/party nett items (ie 2 bills).

• $125.00 per hour for the preparation of Objections, Replies, Submissions, Forms, Appraisals on files, etc.

• $500.00 minimum fee on each file.

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* Electronic files are charged a 1.5% loading as they have increased the workload substantially. Unless your files have perfect chronological correspondence, it is likely that your emails include multiple duplicates and attachments often increasing the time engaged sometimes as much as twofold or even threefold.

Plus added gst of 10%.

However, our boutique firm can presently offer fees exclusive of added gst - a further saving of 10%.

And we can give a rough estimate prior to commencing the work.

Sending us your files

Why send your files to the Gold Coast ?

Your files will be costed by a former litigation solicitor with over 40 years of experience in the field of litigation and legal costing. The procedure is as simple as sending them from one side of Sydney Harbour to the other. Australia Post charges approx $30.00/10kg archive box registered mail from Sydney to the Gold Coast (but these vary extensively so please check with your local franchisee).

We especially welcome receipt of your files in the traditional hard copy box(s), or, by electronic, usb, or combination of same.

* Be aware that your electronic emails should try to remove identical messaging prior to retaining us, otherwise costing such files becomes understandably laboriously impossible. We do feel obliged to investigating all documents to extract all possible costs, but if emails have multiple and duplicated attachments they can account for more than the productive portion and must understandably attract a surcharge (at a reduced rate of course ie 1.5%).