Increase in Scales of Costs effective 1 July 2023

From 1 July 2023 the scale of costs will increase for:

  • Supreme and District Court proceedings under Schedule 1, items 4 to 21 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999
  • Magistrates Courts proceedings under Schedule 2, part 2 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999
  • Domestic and Family Violence proceedings under Schedule 1, part 2, items 4 to 18 of the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Rules 2014.

The new amounts are published in the Uniform Civil Procedure and Other Rules Amendment Rule 2023.