Queensland Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 724

724 Professional charges and disbursements

(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.

(2) A costs assessor may assess and allow a charge mentioned in subrule (1) even if it is not paid before the assessment.

(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.

(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.