can expect to earn $140 an hour during a royal commission, while barristers are paid a daily rate of $1150, about $230 an hour. Their equivalents in the CBD charge three times that at least, says Bornstein, and not every victim and party involved in the royal commission will have access to legal aid lawyers. Not that cost should be a factor. " There is no more worthy subject of a royal commission than this one," Bronstein said. "We are one of the wealthiest countries in the world and this is a disgraceful scourge that has affected victims in terrible ways. It's about the investment, not the cost. But lawyers do charge disgraceful amounts of money and there will be some who find it a very profitable process." Law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth? -- ?which said it wasn't able to comment for this story? -- ?has traditionally acted for the Catholic Church on similar cases. A handful of smaller law firms work with smaller religious orders and churches and are likely to do defense work on the royal commission. Lewis Holdway Lawyers supports the work of an organisation called Good Faith and Associates, which provides advocacy and support service to women and men who are survivors of abuse by clergy and religious professionals. Sdrinis says this firm, as well as her own, are experienced at plaintiff work such as this. Only a handful of firms have the specific expertise to do this type of work. Lawyers with connections to the