Tekton Legal Pricing Policy

Tekton Legal is a family law legal practice. We aim to provide our clients with clarity, certainty and predictability of their legal costs. With these things in mind, we are pleased to present you with a clear and unambiguous outline of the basis of our legal services. We trust you will find this approach both refreshing and helpful.

Time based billing

Wherever we can, we will always try to charge our fees on the basis of a flat fee for each stage of your family law matter (see below for our Flat Fee Billing policy). However, the nature of law means that there will be situations where it is not possible to reliably estimate and predict the direction that a given legal matter may take. You will know your own intentions and priorities when deciding how to proceed in relation to a legal issue. You will also know our intentions and priorities because we will make these things clear in a Costs Agreement. However, what neither of us can ever know with certainty, is the intentions and likely future conduct of third parties, and it is this factor that makes it sometimes impossible to accurately predict legal costs. You can control your own actions, but you cannot control those of others. Hence, the sometimes unpredictable nature of legal matters and their associated costs; particularly in contentious legal matters. Our lawyers hourly fees are competitive within the Western Australian legal market. The hourly fees for every level of practitioner that may work on your legal matter will be set out clearly in a costs agreement. However, we reiterate, that we strive to provide a quotations of flat fees for discrete legal services wherever this can be done.

Flat Fee Billing

As a family law legal practice, we have done our best to provide you with certainty as to your legal costs for each stage of your family law matter. We hope you find the following information helpful. Important pricing and scope disclaimer The fixed fees listed in this document are indicative prices only and are based on the assumptions and scope described below. All legal services are provided subject to formal written costs disclosure and, where applicable, a costs agreement issued in accordance with the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) and associated regulations. If there is any inconsistency between this document and the written costs disclosure or costs agreement, the written costs disclosure and costs agreement will prevail. Unless expressly stated otherwise: • Prices are exclusive of GST. • Disbursements and third‑party costs (including but not limited to court filing fees, search fees, government charges, counsel’s fees, expert fees, and courier or registration fees) are not included. • Fixed fees apply only to matters that fall within a standard scope. Additional work arising from complexity, urgency, incomplete instructions, negotiation beyond a reasonable number of rounds, disputed facts, regulatory complications, or changes in client instructions may be charged separately. • Fixed fees assume that clients provide complete and accurate instructions in a timely manner and cooperate reasonably throughout the engagement. • Timeframes are indicative only and are not guaranteed. A final fee estimate or fixed price will be confirmed in writing after initial instructions are reviewed and scope is confirmed. 1. Early negotiations, mediation and consent orders • Price upon enquiry 2. Commencing legal proceedings - Initial Application and Response • Price upon enquiry 3. Interim and procedural applications and hearings • Price upon enquiry 4. Pre-trial applications and hearings • Price upon enquiry 5. Final Hearing or trial Price upon enquiry