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Gross sum information form (Supreme Court Costs Court)

Link to the Costs Court form used to start a gross-sum costs proceeding. It is emailed to the Costs Court and filed with the documents in the current practice note.

Kind
Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
Where it applies
Victoria
AI use
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
23 October 2026
Status
Maintained. Checked on 23 October 2026 against the official form at supremecourt.vic.gov.au and the 3 authorities it cites, for Victoria.
Version
1
Source
Link to the official form. Licence: © State of Victoria. Link only: download the current form from the official page each time; do not copy or adapt it.

Where this comes from

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

When to use it

Use this when a party applies for a gross sum instead of taxed costs, or the Court has ordered gross-sum costs. It is filed with the gross-sum summons. It is not the party-party or lawyer-client taxation information form.

Used for these tasks

Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.

How AI may be used

The tool indexes the gross-sum fields and does not sign the form, state the estimate, or draft the supporting affidavit.

AI may

  • Index the costs order, the judgment citation and the parties from the documents already on the file.
  • List the filing bundle the party-party page requires, so the lawyer can see whether an affidavit is in that bundle.

AI must not

  • Do not sign the form or enter the estimate of professional charges, disbursements or the total.
  • Do not draft the affidavit the party-party page requires when a party applies for a gross sum instead of taxed costs.
  • Do not decide whether the application is opposed, unopposed, ex parte or by consent.

The lawyer checks

  • The form page says the completed form is emailed to the Costs Court and filed with the documents in the current Costs Court practice note. It cites the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 and Practice Note SC GEN 11. It does not print an email address.
  • Where there is already a gross-sum order, the party-party page lists the summons, a schedule of invoices, this form, and a copy of that order. A bill in taxable form is not needed.
  • Where the party is applying for a gross sum instead of taxed costs, that page also requires an affidavit and a copy of the order for taxed costs. The tool writes no affidavit.
  • The party-party page says a gross-sum application is listed for directions. Read Practice Note SC GEN 11 for the procedure.
  • Health information stays in a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether any disclosure would be a notifiable breach under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

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Authorities

Official form

Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer. Licence: © State of Victoria. Link only: download the current form from the official page each time; do not copy or adapt it..

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