---
title: "Application for costs assessment of legal fees (UCPR Form 60)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/form-qld-ucpr-60-costs-assessment"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a42-form-qld-ucpr-60-costs-assessment"
area_id: "A42"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "red"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A42-PE20261022-12", "A42-PE20261022-26"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# Application for costs assessment of legal fees (UCPR Form 60)

> Link to UCPR Form 60, the application a client or a law practice files when legal fees are assessed by a costs assessor.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/form-qld-ucpr-60-costs-assessment  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

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## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Costs, billing & litigation funding](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding.md)
- Jurisdictions: Queensland
- AI level: Red. You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-23
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-23 against the official form at courts.qld.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Queensland.

## When to use it

Use when a personal injury client, or the law practice, applies in the Queensland Supreme, District or Magistrates Court for an assessment of legal fees under the Legal Profession Act 2007.

## Used for these tasks

- [Record the 12-month date for a costs assessment application](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding.md#A42-PE20261022-12)
- [List the matters a costs assessor may consider](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding.md#A42-PE20261022-26)

## How AI may be used

The tool may list the bill, the court and the people to be served for the lawyer to check, and it writes nothing in the application that is filed.

**AI may:**

- List the bills in issue, their dates and the amounts shown on them
- Note the court the legal-fees page selects from the amount of the bill
- List the people the lawyer still has to check against section 339

**AI must not:**

- Must not write the application, the description of the costs, or the hearing estimate
- Must not nominate a costs assessor or state an hourly rate
- Must not file or serve the application, and must not copy the form's example initials into it

**The lawyer checks:**

- Form 60 is the legal-fees application, filed with the Form 46 affidavit the courts page requires
- The court matches the page's bill bands
- Service within seven days, on the people section 339 covers
- The directions date is the date the registry allocates
- Any later request for reasons or review uses the periods printed on the courts page

## Authorities

- [Queensland Courts, UCPR Form 60, Application for costs assessment](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0006/850758/ucpr-f-60-070614.doc)
- [Queensland Courts, Costs assessment, legal fees](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/going-to-court/prepare-for-court/i-am-a-civildebt-party/costs-assessment-legal-fees)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0006/850758/ucpr-f-60-070614.doc)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by courts.qld.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-23.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/costs-billing-and-litigation-funding/form-qld-ucpr-60-costs-assessment and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

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