Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00409:clause:1_10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00409
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 10
Character Range: 67498–68216

10  Approval is to be sought as far as possible in advance of the scheduled date for the delivery of a brief to counsel. In considering a request to pay counsel above the specified rate, the following factors will be taken into account:
 (a) the special expertise or skill of the counsel who is proposed to be briefed
 (b) the availability of counsel generally to appear in the matter
 (c) the probable total cost of counsel's fees in the matter
 (d) the specific request of a Commonwealth agency that a particular person be briefed and the reasons for that preference
 (e) the importance of the matter, including any special sensitivity, and
 (f) the normal market daily fee at which the relevant counsel is briefed.