Appendix 7: Compliance with legal services directions

This is a statement of legal services expenditure by the department for 2006-07, published in compliance with paragraph 11.1 (ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2005.

Table 109: Compliance with legal services

Description

(GST Exclusive)

Agency’s total legal services expenditure

43 635 281

Agency’s total external legal services expenditure

29 980 682

External expenditure on solicitors

23 396 333

External expenditure on counsel

4 326 146

Number of matters in which male counsel briefed1

1 421

Estimated value of briefs to male counsel

3 244 610

Number of matters in which female counsel briefed1

620

Estimated value of briefs to female counsel

1 081 537

Disbursements on external legal services

1 155 112

Other external legal services2

1 103 090

Agency’s total internal legal services expenditure

13 654 599

Salaries

11 401 675

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

2 252 924

  1. These statistics relate to litigation matters only.
  2. The department is unable to provide a further breakdown of this figure.
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