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11 Skill care and responsibility
11.1 An additional amount may be allowed, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the following:
(a) the complexity of the matter;
(b) the difficulty or novelty of the questions involved in the matter;
(c) the skill, specialised knowledge and responsibility involved and the time and labour expended by the lawyer;
(d) the number and importance of the documents prepared and read, regardless of their length;
(e) the amount or value of money or property involved;
(f) research and consideration of questions of law and fact;
(g) the general care and conduct of the lawyer, having regard to the lawyer’s instructions and all relevant circumstances;
(h) the time within which the work was required to be done;
(i) allowances otherwise made in accordance with this scale (including any allowances for attendances in accordance with item 1.1); and
(j) any other relevant matter.