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Legal expenditure

Legal expenditure for the 2007-08 financial year 

The Department of Agriculture Fisheries & Forestry supplies the following information in accordance with the Legal Services Directions (March 2006), which requires Financial Management and Accountability Act Agencies to report on their legal services expenditure for each financial year:

Male Barristers engaged

Value of briefing

Female Barristers engaged

Value of briefing

8

$310,049.51

1

$15,006.70


Contracted legal firms

Total fees and disbursements

Blake Dawson

$6,029,618.36

Minter Ellison

$1,171,567.17

Australian Government Solicitor

$711,711.62

Sparke Helmore $37,130.01

No breaches of Legal Services Directions have been identified by the department, or disclosed by its legal services providers.