Legal Profession (Solicitors Costs) Report and Determination 2017
Adopts hourly rates charged by law practices as the basis for rates used in the Solicitors Costs Determination 2017 and amends the categories of practitioner.
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The legal costs committee has complied with the notice provisions of section 278 of the act. The committee reviewed the submission of the law society of western australia inc and the impact of movements in the consumer price and wage price indices. Maximum hourly rates unchanged—scale of costs amended.
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Updates the maximum hourly rates and scale of costs for solicitors in Western Australia, effective July 1, 2019.
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