Federal Court Costs Affidavits

We routinely prepare Costs Summaries, and responses to Costs Summaries on behalf of parties to Federal Court Proceedings where a gross-sum (or lump sum) costs order is sought.

There are many benefits to seeking costs on a gross sum basis in the Federal Court. Ordinarily, the cost of preparing the costs summary will be significantly less than the costs of preparing a bill for taxation.  Additionally, the quantum of costs is usually determined by the presiding Judge or a Registrar much quicker than a taxation of a bill of costs.

Costs Summaries should be prepared in accordance with the Federal Court GPN-Costs Practice Notes. They can be prepared by the solicitor acting, or a costs lawyer or consultant, however there are benefits to our firm preparing the Costs Summary including (a) our costs are typically less than if the Costs Summary was prepared by a solicitor as we prepare Costs Summaries routinely and have fine-tuned our methodology; and (b) a Cost Summary prepared by an expert costs lawyer typically includes expert opinion evidence in support of the costs claimed which may be more likely to be adopted by the Court.

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OUR FEES TO PREPARE A COSTS SUMMARY

Compared to the costs of preparing a bill of costs for taxation (approximately 8-10% of the professional fees drawn in the bill), our costs to prepare a costs summary affidavit are usually significantly less.

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