Our Fees

Fixed fee

We offer a fixed fee, also known as a flat fee.  This is where we agree a charge up front for all the work we will do on your case. Fixed fees are best suited to the filing of court documents such as affidavits, settlement conferences or for court hearings when the case is for a set period of time. Most of our clients prefer to engage us on a fixed fee basis, so they know that no additional fees will be incurred if their case takes longer than expected.

The vast majority of our clients are happy with the fixed or flat fee arrangement.

Pay by the hour

The alternative is to pay for our work by the hour. Our fees range from $150 to $450 per hour plus GST, depending on which of our staff you will be working with. This method is best for ongoing communications between the lawyers and the court, where there is uncertainty as to the next steps. For example, when court proceedings have not been issued.

Combination of Fixed Fee and Pay by the hour

In some cases, we will suggest there is a combination of the two methods.

In general

At our first meeting, we will outline the options available to you for settling your case. We will also advise the relevant fee for each option and provide an estimate of the time to completion. Advice of the fee and the steps to settle your case, will normally be provided to you in writing within 24 hours of our initial meeting. There will be two or more lawyers assigned to your case.

If you require advice at our first meeting, there will be a fixed fee charged of $240.00 plus GST. We request payment at the end of the meeting.

Once you have engaged us, we will ask you to pay a retainer for our services.  This retainer will normally be placed in the trust account of the instructing solicitor, and fees are deducted from that trust account as the matter proceeds. We will bill you in installments on a regular basis, around every 3-4 weeks.

Some cases incur Court costs, for example, the Court will charge a fee for processing a divorce. These are costs are payable by our clients and are not included in our fee. We will also explain these amounts to you in our first meeting.

Payment methods

We accept payment of our fees by credit card, eftpos or cash, and clients can pay by credit card via our website.