Allowable Costs

Allowable Costs as at 1 July 2019 (view as PDF)

 Claim for debt or
liquidated demand
Default judgmentEnforcement orders
- with agent
Enforcement orders
- No agent
Registration of
interstate judgment
Less than
$10,000
$507.00 $658.00 $859.00 $625.00 $90.00
Not less than $10,000
but less than $25,000
$1031.00 $1,316.00  $1,745.00 $1,269.00 $182.00
Not less than $25,000
but less than $40,000
$1,232.00 $1,580.00 $2,082.00  $1,515.00  $218.00
Not less than $40,000
but less than $50,000
$1,384.00 $1,779.00 $2,345.00 $1,704.00 $245.00
Not less than $50,000
but less than $250,000
$1,538.00 $1,975.00 $2,604.00 $1,894.00 $273.00
Supreme Court -
any amount
$1,538.00 $1,975.00 $2,604.00 $1,894.00 $273.00
Company winding up $4,477.00 - - - -

NOTE: These amounts do not include any filing, lodgment, or service fees. Such fees must be claimed as disbursements. See: Schedule 3 of  Court Procedures Rules 2006, Parts 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5


Allowable Costs as at 1 July 2019

  Prescribed costs for enforcement hearing
(Column One)
Additional costs where the enforcement creditor's
solicitor attends enforcements hearing
(Column Two)
Less than $10,000 $179.00 $89.00
Not less than $10,000
but less than $25,000
$362.00 $179.00
Not less than $25,000
but less than $40,000
$433.00 $214.00
Not less than $40,000
but less than $50,000
$488.00 $241.00
Not less than $50,000
but less than $250,000
$541.00 $268.00
Supreme Court -
any amount
$541.00 $268.00

Note: Where the Registrar conducts an enforcement hearing the only costs recoverable are those referred to in column one above. The costs at column two are costs of attendance (including travelling time) to be added to the costs in column one where a solicitor representing the enforcement creditor attends the enforcement hearing of the enforcement debtor.