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Appendix 13 - Compliance with legal services directions

This is a statement of legal services expenditure by us for 2005-06, published in compliance with paragraph 11.1 (ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2005.

Description $ (GST Exclusive)
Agency's total legal services expenditure 47 180 720

Agency's total external legal services expenditure

 34 651 573

External expenditure on solicitors1

 24 053 957

External expenditure on counsel1

 4 673 440

Number of matters in which male counsel briefed2

 420

Value of briefs to male counsel2

 838 370

Number of matters in which female counsel briefed2

 193

Value of briefs to female counsel2

 323 143

Expenditure on counsel 1 July - 28 February
(Data not available for breakdown)

 3 511 927

Other disbursements on external legal services

 1 186 273

Other external legal services

 4 491 667

External expenditure on solicitors

 246 236

Agency's total internal legal services expenditure

Salaries

Overheads (for example, office-stores, stationery, training, and travel)

 12 529 147

11 290 990

1 238 157


Notes:

1 These figures relate to litigation matters only. We are unable to breakdown the costs for other external legal services expenditure. However,we will be able to provide a breakdown for the whole of the external legal services expenditure in future financial years.

2 These statistics relate to litigation matters only and only those matters that were resolved in the period 1 March 2006 to 30 June 2006. However, we will be able to provide this data for future financial years.



 

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