HIGH COURT RULES (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 32

HIGH COURT RULES (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 32

STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 32

Issued by the authority of the Justices of the High Court of Australia

AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGH COURT RULES

The Second Schedule to the High Court Rules specifies the amount which solicitors, who are entitled to practise in the High Court, may charge and be allowed on taxation of costs by the Taxing Officer of the Court in respect of proceedings in the Court.

The amounts in the Schedule were last varied by Statutory Rule No. 40 made on 5 February 1992 and which became effective from 24 February 1992.

The Federal Costs Advisory Committee, in its report to the Justices dated 11 December 1992, recommended an increase of 2.92% to the solicitors' costs as set out in the Second Schedule.

The Court has agreed to the recommendation of the Committee and the increase which is to come into operation on Monday, 22 February 1993 will apply in respect of all work done and services performed by solicitors after 21 February 1993.