---
title: "Disclose Queensland legal costs under section 308"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/draft-a-costs-disclosure-from-the-matter-scope-and-the-scale-or-estimate/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A42-T1-R1-QLD"
practice_area: "Costs, billing & litigation funding"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Disclose Queensland legal costs under section 308

> From the scope and the figures the lawyer names, draft a section 308 disclosure of the basis of charging, whether a scale applies, and an estimate or a range of estimates, and mark any item the lawyer has not supplied.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/draft-a-costs-disclosure-from-the-matter-scope-and-the-scale-or-estimate/queensland  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Costs, billing & litigation funding](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the scope and the figures the lawyer names, draft a section 308 disclosure of the basis of charging, whether a scale applies, and an estimate or a range of estimates, and mark any item the lawyer has not supplied. Do not decide whether the threshold is met. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide whether section 308 applies, or whether a section 307B disclosure is enough Check the estimate or the range and the major variables Give notice of any substantial change under section 315 |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Draft a costs disclosure from the matter scope and the scale or estimate](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/draft-a-costs-disclosure-from-the-matter-scope-and-the-scale-or-estimate.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

Section 308 is the detailed Queensland disclosure once the threshold is met. The lawyer decides the threshold and the figures.

- What the AI does: From the scope and the figures the lawyer names, draft a section 308 disclosure of the basis of charging, whether a scale applies, and an estimate or a range of estimates, and mark any item the lawyer has not supplied. Do not decide whether the threshold is met.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer decides that section 308 applies, fixes the estimate, and gives the disclosure.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in this practice area
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Section 308 applies if total legal costs, excluding disbursements and exclusive of GST, are likely to exceed the detailed disclosure threshold, and also in the further case the section states where no section 307B disclosure is made.
2. Disclose the basis of charging and whether a scale applies, the client's rights to negotiate a costs agreement, receive a bill, request an itemised bill, and be notified under section 315 of a substantial change.
3. Give an estimate of total legal costs if reasonably practicable. If not, give a range and explain the major variables.
4. Do not state a dollar threshold. The section uses the defined threshold amounts. The lawyer checks the current figure.

## Notes

- A speculative personal injury matter may also engage section 347. That cap is checked in the conditional-costs task, not by copying it into every disclosure.
- The client receives this disclosure. It is not a court document.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld)

**Deliverable**: A draft section 308 disclosure with unset figures marked.

**Inputs**

- Matter scope
- Estimate or range the lawyer names
- Lawyer's decision on which disclosure section applies

**Example**: Illustrative example: The lawyer says the matter will exceed the detailed disclosure threshold and names a range. The draft sets out the range and the major variables the lawyer has written. It does not invent the threshold amount.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The lawyer has not decided whether section 308 or section 307B applies.
- The estimate and the range are both missing.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) s 308, detailed disclosure of costs to clients](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/lpa2007179/s308.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) s 312, additional disclosure before settlement](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/lpa2007179/s312.html) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [New matter checklist](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/firm-new-matter-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist for opening a plaintiff injury file: identity, conflicts, the diary, costs disclosure, authorities, and consent before health records go into a tool. |
| [Queensland speculative personal injury costs agreement](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/qld-speculative-personal-injury-costs-agreement.md) | Agreement | Yellow | A Queensland conditional costs agreement for a speculative personal injury claim, where fees are not worked out from the settlement.… |
| [Engagement letter with a generative AI clause (United States)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/us-engagement-letter-generative-ai.md) | Letter | Yellow | Engagement letter stating the scope and the basis of the fee, and separating ordinary generative-AI use from any input of information relating to the representation, which needs a completed tool… |
| [Who pays records, experts and barristers](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/disbursement-and-funding-disclosure.md) | Letter | Yellow | A letter saying who pays for records, expert reports and a barrister if the claim fails, and that interest on a disbursement loan is outside D in the Queensland section 347 definition. |
| [Opening costs estimate worksheet](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/opening-costs-estimate-worksheet.md) | Checklist | Yellow | An internal worksheet for the figures that go into the first costs disclosure. It is not the later significant-change letter, and it is not a comparison of a draft bill. |
| [Letter when a flat fee should change because a tool did the work (United States)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/us-flat-fee-change-after-gai-use.md) | Letter | Yellow | A letter telling the client that a flat fee may no longer be reasonable because a generative AI tool has reduced the work, and asking agreement to a revised amount before further work is billed that… |
| [Disclosure to an associated third party payer, and of another law practice](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/associated-payer-and-counsel-disclosure.md) | Letter | Yellow | Written disclosure to an associated third party payer of the costs that payer must pay, and a separate disclosure to the client of the costs of a barrister or other law practice the firm will retain. |
| [Progress report of legal costs incurred](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/progress-report-of-costs.md) | Letter | Yellow | Written report, given without charge on a reasonable request, of the legal costs incurred to date or since the last bill, with the figures taken from the ledger. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*