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Summons for taxation of costs (Supreme Court Costs Court)
Link to the Costs Court summons for taxation of costs, including the seven-day notice that items not objected to may be allowed.
- 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-party or lawyer-client costs dispute is to be taxed in the Costs Court and a hearing date has been set. File it with the bill of costs and the matching taxation information form. It is not the gross-sum summons.
Used for these tasks
- Record the 12-month date for a costs assessment application
- Build a draft bill from the time records and the disclosure
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 summons headings and does not write a notice of objection or any affidavit.
AI may
- Index the parties, the costs order or legislation, and the date the bill was served, from documents already on the file.
- Diary seven days before the hearing date as the form's deadline to file and serve a notice identifying each objected item.
AI must not
- Do not write the notice that identifies objected items. The summons tells the respondent to file that notice. It is not part of this form.
- Do not draft the affidavit the lawyer-client page requires for an application to a Judge to extend time.
- Do not choose whether the dispute is lawyer-client or party-party, and do not name the legislation.
- Do not copy the gross-sum summons wording onto this form.
The lawyer checks
- The form page cites Order 63 of the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025. The party-party costs page cites the 2015 rules for the under-$100,000 assessment and the over-$100,000 mediation. Read both pages and Practice Note SC Gen 11 before filing.
- The summons says costs claimed in the bill may be allowed, whether or not the respondent attends, unless at least seven days before the hearing the respondent files and serves a notice identifying each item objected to.
- For a lawyer-client dispute the form says to insert the legislation that applies. The lawyer-client page sets that by the date the lawyer was first instructed.
- 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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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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