sec.724Professional charges and disbursements

### sec.724 Professional charges and disbursements If a costs statement includes a charge for work done by a lawyer practising in Queensland and acting as agent for a party’s lawyer, the charge must be shown as a professional charge, not as a disbursement. A costs assessor may assess and allow a charge mentioned in subrule (1) even if it is not paid before the assessment. If a costs statement includes a charge for work done by a lawyer practising outside Queensland, the charge may be shown as a disbursement or as a professional charge. If a costs assessor allows a charge mentioned in subrule (3) when assessing costs, the amount the costs assessor allows must, so far as practicable, be an amount appropriate in the place where the lawyer practises. r 724 sub 2007 SL No. 315 s 10 (sec.724-ssec.1) If a costs statement includes a charge for work done by a lawyer practising in Queensland and acting as agent for a party’s lawyer, the charge must be shown as a professional charge, not as a disbursement. (sec.724-ssec.2) A costs assessor may assess and allow a charge mentioned in subrule (1) even if it is not paid before the assessment. (sec.724-ssec.3) If a costs statement includes a charge for work done by a lawyer practising outside Queensland, the charge may be shown as a disbursement or as a professional charge. (sec.724-ssec.4) If a costs assessor allows a charge mentioned in subrule (3) when assessing costs, the amount the costs assessor allows must, so far as practicable, be an amount appropriate in the place where the lawyer practises.