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Contributions Policy

  • 1. Initial contributions
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  • 3. What is a contribution to legal costs?
  • 4. Exempted matters - where an applicant is not required to pay an initial contribution
  • 5. Matters where the charge policy does not apply

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Contributions guidelines

These guidelines are intended to be read with the Contributions Policy. The guidelines set out certain requirements to be observed when applying the Contributions policy

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