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Legal Aid Civil – Creating a New Cost Recovery

  • 23/01/2025
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How To
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Learn how to record a new Cost Recovery or an Expert/Counsel fee to your matter.

Recording a New Cost Recovery

 

To record a new cost recovery to your matter, follow the steps below.

  1. Click on the Office Accounting tab.

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  2. Click on the Cost Recovery tab, and click the New Billable Items button.

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  3. Enter the Date that is applicable to when the cost recovery was incurred.

  4. Select the Billing stage from the drop-down list.

  5. Select the appropriate Activity rate.

  6. Select the relevant Activity.

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  7. Enter a Billing description and number of Units or Amount, e.g. for Mileage enter the number of miles into the Units field, for other items such as Parking, enter the Amount.

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  8. To record multiple cost recoveries, click New Item and repeat steps 7 and 8.

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  9. When completed click Save & Close.

 
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If you have previously recorded time, fee, or cost recovery items onto the matter, the billing stage and activity rate will auto complete upon opening this form.

Recording an Expert or Counsel Fee

 

  1. Click on the Office Accounting tab.

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  2. Click on the Cost Recovery tab, and click the drop-down arrow for New Billable Items. 

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  3. Select the type of fee you wish to record Counsel Fee, or Expert Fee, and complete the relevant information.

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Counsel Fee

  1. Enter the Billing Stage, Date, Staff, Billing description and Amount Each.

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  2. Click Save & Close.

Expert Fee

  1. Enter the appropriate Billing stage, Date, Billing description, Staff, Expert group, Expert type and Quantity.

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  2. Click Save & Close.

Last Modified Date
23/01/2025 12:02 am
Title
Legal Aid Civil – Creating a New Cost Recovery
URL Name
Legal-Aid-Civil-Recording-a-New-Cost-Recovery

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Legal Aid Civil – Creating a New Cost Recovery