Clause Code : WAT

Waiting time is not claimable:

• for summary matters
• the time spent waiting after the scheduled court time is less than 2 hours
• for lunch breaks
• by Counsel
• when the practitioner attends to other business during the waiting time such as taking instructions from the client, appearing for another client or collecting prosecution material
• for mentions
• when a full day of court time is also claimed
• on sentence unless the time spent in court exceeds 3 hours
• in family law matters

If half a day court time is claimed then the maximum amount of waiting time that may be claimed is 3 hours.

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