Queensland Consolidated Regulations

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION RULES 2014 - REG 52

52 Assessing costs in a proceeding

(1) A DFVP court may fix the amount of the costs of the proceeding and order payment of the amount.

(2) However, the DFVP court may order that the costs of the proceeding be assessed by a costs assessor if the court considers it appropriate because of the nature and complexity of the proceeding.

(3) For assessing the costs under this rule, a lawyer is entitled to charge and be allowed the costs in accordance with the scale of costs set out in schedule 1 .

Note—

The scale of costs set out in schedule 1 , part 2 is based on the scale of costs for Magistrates Courts that apply under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 , schedule 2 , part 3 .

(4) In this rule—

"costs assessor" means a costs assessor appointed under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 , rule 743L .