Legal expenses primarily consist of two components – legal fees and disbursements. Legal fees cover the work performed by your legal team, while disbursements include additional costs necessary to support and advance your matter.
These can involve external services, such as obtaining medical records and reports to evaluate and evidence injuries that may be relevant to your matter.
The majority of legal cases require expenses to be incurred with third parties, which are categorised as disbursements. Some examples include the cost of barristers’ work on a matter, medical professionals and other experts depending on the nature of your claim.
If a matter becomes litigated, Courts require payment of charges such as filing fees for documents as part of your claim. Generally, disbursements are recoverable subject to the legislation that governs your particular case.
Some firms may charge extra for soft disbursements like printing, faxing, photocopying and emails and/or to apply an arbitrary uplift of up to 25% to their professional fees. We’re different. We charge none of those items and we also do not charge any uplifts.