Practice Management and Business Management
The New Supreme Court Scale of Costs: Managing Recovery of Party/Party Costs in 2025
The Supreme Court (Chapter 1 Costs Amendment) Rules 2024 have recently been published and come into effect on 1 January 2025. These Rules introduce a time-based costing regime for the recovery of party-party costs that replaces the current scale. There are many other changes to the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 and more particularly Rule 63. A number of Rules have been revoked, amended and substituted giving the Costs Court greater powers.
- Hear what has changed with the introduction of the new rules
- Understand more about how the rules will be applied and any subsequent implications
- How will the new rules affect how you bill your client and disclosure?
Presented by Antonella Terranova, Principal, Castra Legal Consulting; President, Northern Suburbs Law Association Inc., Chair, Costs Law Executive Committee, Member, Advisory Service Panel (LIV)
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Practice Management & Business Skills
This program is based on VIC legislation
Chair
Lisa Paul, Principal Lawyer, Robinson Gill Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law
Presenters
Lisa Paul, Principal Lawyer, Robinson Gill Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law
Lisa Paul is a Principal Lawyer and a specialist in Personal Injury Law accredited by the Law Institute of Victoria. She specialises in work injury cases but also assists people with public liability and medical negligence claims. Lisa has practised solely in Plaintiff personal injury litigation since 2001. Lisa is a longstanding member of the Law Institute of Victoria's WorkCover Committee and through that, has served on various other Court and Government committees.
Antonella Terranova, Principal, Castra Legal Consulting
Antonella Terranova has been in practice for 27 years. She became Principal and Director of Castra Legal Costing Pty Ltd in 2010. Antonella appears regularly in the Supreme Court and is also retained as an expert. Prior to her current role, Antonella worked in personal injury litigation. She has been a past winner of the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) Suburban Lawyer of the Year Award and in 2021 was the recipient of the LIV Distinguished Service Award. Antonella delivers ongoing legal education, is a member of the LIV and the Chair of the Costs Law Executive Committee. She has also Chaired various Committees, including the Litigation Costs Review Committee concerning the changes to the recovery of party-party costs and has also been involved in other consultations including the Threshold Disclosure issues under the Unfirm Law and its Standard Forms; the VCAT Remuneration and Probate Filing Fees. She is a Panel Solicitor for the LIV Member Advisory Panel and has sat on the Judging Panel for the Suburban Lawyer of the Year Award. Additionally, Antonella has held the role of President of the Northern Suburbs Law Association Inc., since 2010 and together with the executive committee arranges bi-monthly CPD events, organised 3 international conferences, liaises with the LIV and promotes young lawyers and women to the profession.
