Family legal aid fees - consultation paper [pdf, 816 KB]
...clients, legal aid providers, and the government around the cost of legal aid services. The new fee framework is designed to apply to cases that have relatively standard costs. It recognises that, while few cases are identical, they all progress through well-defined stages of preparation. We expect that the new fees framework would accommodate the majority of family cases. However, we recognise that some cases would require additional work and an amendment to the legal aid grant. Th...