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Appendix 7: Legal services expenditure
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Legal services expenditure
The Legal Services Directions 2005 paragraph 11.1(ba) requires all departments and agencies to make publicly available their legal services expenditure for the previous financial year.
Table 31: Summary of legal services expenditure
Summary of legal services expenditure
|
2014–15 GST exclusive |
2015–16 GST exclusive |
Total legal services expenditure |
$33,086,372.22 |
$26,930,554.03 |
Total external legal services expenditure
|
$30,938,964.20 |
$24,322,510.03 |
Total internal legal services expenditure
|
$2,147,408.02 |
$2,608,044.00 |
Table 32: External legal services expenditure summary
External legal services expenditure
|
2014–15 GST exclusive |
2015–16 GST exclusive |
Total external legal services expenditure
|
|
|
Total number of counsel briefed
|
156 |
206 |
Male counsel briefed
|
83 |
119 |
Female counsel briefed
|
73 |
87 |
Total number of counsel direct briefed
|
48 |
68 |
Male counsel direct briefed
|
23 |
33 |
Female counsel direct briefed
|
25
|
35 |
Total value of all counsel briefs
|
$6,910,799.09 |
$6,009,713.79 |
All male counsel briefs
|
$4,365,700.39 |
$3,004,612.44 |
All female counsel briefs
|
$2,545,098.70 |
$3,005,101.35 |
Disbursements (excluding counsel)
|
$1,536,011.00 |
$1,220,376.87 |
Professional fees
|
$22,492,154.11 |
$17,092,419.37 |
Table 33: Professional service providers
Professional service providers |
2014–15 GST exclusive |
2015–16 GST exclusive |
Australian Government Solicitor
|
$12,246,558.65 |
$10,133,015.00 |
Ashurst
|
$154,729.68 |
$32,853.75 |
Norton Rose Fullbright
|
$332,787.34
|
$0.00
|
Sparke Helmore Solicitors
|
$95,445
|
$20,312.00
|
Clayton Utz
|
$101,239.55
|
$386,669.00
|
HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
|
$23,279.67
|
$12,247.78
|
King & Wood Mallesons
|
$242,947.75
|
$0.00
|
Maddocks
|
$2,021.50
|
$0.00
|
Minter Ellison Lawyers
|
$8,737,202.50
|
$5,629,984.60
|
Piper Alderman
|
$95,236
|
$778,490.40
|
Office of Parliamentary Counsel
|
$460,706.47
|
$47,716.84
|
Gadens
|
$0.00
|
$51,130.00
|
Total professional fees
|
$22,492,154.11 |
$17,092,419.37 |
