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Schedules A–J — July 2016 1 Criminal legal aid fee schedules – 4 July 2016 Schedules A, B & C: Police Prosecutions Police Prosecutions Administration/Case Review A B C Tasks covered by fixed fee Preliminary work - new legal aid grant $155 For: taking instructions, attending client receiving, reviewing and/or preparing disclosure identifying legal and factual issues undertaking research reviewing evidence (including video...
...this form for? I am authorised to fill in this form for Organisation name Give us your details Full name Occupation Phone day other Email Address Application for waiver (or refund) of Environment Court fees for an organisation Court use only / Refer to proceedings file no. Step 3 Tell us about the fee The fee is $ Is the organisation applying for the fee to be waived or ref...
... The action I intend to take (or have already taken) is a new proceeding Step 2 Give us your details Full name Occupation Phone day other Email Address Application for waiver (or refund) of Environment Court fees for an individual Court use only / Refer to proceedings file no. Step 3 Tell us about the fee The fee is $ Are you applying for the fee to be waived or refunded? I...
You may qualify for full funding to pay for your Family Dispute Resolution mediation. Whether you qualify for funding is based on your income over the last three months, and how many dependants are in your care. Find out if you qualify.
www.justice.govt.nz Page 1 of 2 on behalf of the Legal Services Commissioner Deed of Assignment of Award of Costs Parties: A. ____________________________________________________ (“the Aided Person”) B. The Legal Services Commissioner (“the Commissioner”) under the Legal Services Act 2011 (“the Act”) Background: 1. The Aided Person was granted legal aid under legal aid grant number ______________ (“the legal aid grant”) under the Act f...
The Legal Services Commissioner’s decision and response to the review of the criminal fixed fees is now published. The review aimed to gather information on how the fees are working in practice and to identify any issues or gaps in the schedules. Increases in Government funding to enable the Legal Services Commissioner to revise the criminal legal aid fees will be staged over three years from 2016 to 2018. Three new separate criminal legal aid fee schedules have been developed for each financi...
...legislation. The scope of the empowering provisions and any constraints or limitations must be identified before setting fees. The Crown cannot levy a tax without the explicit authority of Parliament; therefore a fee can only recover, at most, the cost of a service provided. In most instances setting court and tribunal fees to fully recover costs will not be appropriate because of access to justice considerations. These points and other comments on fee-setting have been made by the Re...
Employment matters When employment matters settle, it is common for there to be a separate payment for “legal costs”. This is usually a set figure and not necessarily the client’s actual legal costs. This factsheet clarifies providers’ obligations in respect of these payments when the client is legally aided. When a legally aided person agrees to a monetary settlement, the settlement is proceeds of proceedings and subject to a charge in favour of the Legal Servi...
10 March 2014 Final decisions on the review of the Family and Civil (ACC) legal aid payment systems were published today. The aim of the review was to gather information on how fixed fees are working in practice and to identify any issues in the schedules. The main changes announced today include the introduction of several new fees to close gaps in the schedules, and adjustments to fees for existing activities in the schedules. Other changes include an expansion of the disbursements policy and...
You may not have to pay some of the court fees for your civil or family court case if you can’t afford them. You will need to ask the court to waive (cancel) the fee. This means you won’t have to pay. Reasons why the court might give you a waiver The court may waive a fee for 2 reasons: Financial hardship This applies if you’re getting legal aid or using the Family Legal Advice Service, or if you’re on a benefit or living off your superannuation, or if the court believes that paying th...