Indexation of Amounts in the WorkCover (Litigated Claims) Legal Costs Orders

What it contains

The WorkCover (Litigated Claims) Legal Costs Orders apply to Originating Motions issued under S134AB(16)(b) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 or S335(2)(d) of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 for applications made on or after 28 October 2010.

Sections 5 of the Legal Costs Order 2010 and the Legal Costs Order 2016 include provisions to allow for annual indexation based on the consumer price index. The rates included in the Legal Costs Order 2016 continue the indexation variation as applied under the Legal Costs Order 2010.