Costs Disclosure Notice
Conveyancing
Information on the costs associated with your matter and your rights in relation thereto.
1. You may seek independent legal advice before agreeing to the costs agreement
proposed.
2. You may negotiate the terms of the costs agreement.
3. You are entitled to receive a bill, and if you request it, fully itemised, within 30 days of
receiving the lump sum bill.
4. You are entitled to progress reports of your matter and the costs incurred in your
matter and to be notified of any substantial changes affecting costs.
5. If there is a dispute or you are unhappy with the costs you can require mediation of the
dispute, apply for independent assessment within 12 months, or seek to have the cost
agreement set aside.
6. The law of Queensland applies to legal costs in relation to this matter.
7. The cost agreement you enter will show the basis on which the costs and disbursements
will be calculated, estimate the total payable, or a range of estimates including major
possible variables, when you should pay, the interest payable if you fail to pay, and the
person you should speak to about any concerns you have on the costs.
8. You are entitled to accept or reject any offer we make for an interstate costs law to
apply to your matter or notify us that you require an interstate costs law to apply to
your matter.
9. The costs agreement will also estimate the range of costs and disbursements that you
might recover from the other party if you are successful and the range of costs and
disbursements of the other party you may have to pay if you are unsuccessful. An order
by a court for payment of costs and disbursements will not necessarily cover the whole
of your costs and disbursements.
For more information about your rights, please read the fact sheet titled Legal Costs Your
right to know, from your local law society or law institute, or ask us for a copy.
1. How this firm charges for unforseen costs
(a) We have given you a quote for your Conveyancing costs and outlays.
(b) If we have to do additional work outside what we consider the normal scope of a
Conveyance we will charge for this additional work as set out below. We always try to
avoid charging extra but sometimes we have to. This may happen if you changes to your
instruction over the course of your matter or changes happen in the scope and
complexity of work necessary to carry out those instructions;
(c) Our firms professional fees charged will be as
(i) An amount calculated by reference to the amount of time spent attending to your
additional work. Our hourly charge rates (excluding GST) are $350.00 per hour
Gregory Huddleston $275.00 per hour, Josie Bishop and $200.00 per hour for a
legal assistant.
(ii) Time will be charged in 6 minute intervals with 6 minutes being the minimum
interval recorded for professional services. For example, the time charged for an
attendance of up to 6 minutes will be 1 unit and the time charged for an
attendance between 7 and 12 minutes will be two units.
(d) Fees for other items (including GST) are:
Photocopying $0.50 per page
$1.00 per page
$1.00 per page (first page)
$1.00 per page
Receiving faxes
Sending faxes
Emails & scanning
(e) All rates, charges, expenses, etc in this document exclude GST at the rate of 10% unless
otherwise specified.
2. Substantial changes to disclosure
You will be informed, as soon as is reasonably practicable, of any substantial changes to
anything contained in this disclosure notice.
3. Acknowledgement
We/WE acknowledge that we have read and understood the contents of this disclosure
notice.
______________________________ _______________ _________________________
Soe Nanda and May Oo Lynn
Date: _________________________
