Family Court Rules 2021
Part 19Party and party costs
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Part 19 — Party and party costs
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Application of Part 193
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Interest on outstanding costs 193
Division 2 — Obligations of lawyer about costs
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Duty to inform about costs 193
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Notification of costs 194
Division 3 — Security for costs
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Application for security for costs 195
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Order for security for costs 196
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Finalising security 196
Division 4 — Costs orders
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Order for costs 197
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Costs order for cases in other courts 197
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Costs orders against lawyers 198
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Notice of costs order 198
Division 5 — Calculation of costs
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Method of calculating costs 199
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Maximum amount of party and party costs recoverable 200
Division 6 — Claiming and disputing costs
Subdivision 1 — Itemised costs account
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Request for itemised costs account 200
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Service of lawyer’s itemised costs account 200
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Lawyer’s itemised costs account 201
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Disputing itemised costs account 201
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Assessment of disputed costs 202
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Amendment of itemised costs account and notice disputing itemised costs account 202
Subdivision 2 — Assessment process
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Fixing date for first court event 202
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Notification of hearing 203
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Settlement conference 203
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Preliminary assessment 203
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Objection to preliminary assessment amount 204
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If no objection to preliminary assessment 204
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Assessment hearing 204
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Powers of registrar 205
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Assessment principles 206
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Allowance for matters not specified 207
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Neglect or delay before registrar 208