Agent Services
Are you a Legal Firm outside of the metropolitan area in Western Australia in another state in Australia and:
- involved in a litigation in Perth or its surrounding courts; or
- seeking to enforce a judgment in Western Australia?
Havilah Legal has the necessary experience and resources to help you.
We are a full service law firm based on the Perth CBD with an establish presence and experience in providing professional services to the legal community locally and nationally. With experienced litigators and support staff based out of our office in Perth, we are in a unique position to offer solicitor agency services to all Western Australian Courts.
We can assist you in avoiding the additional costs and preparation required to meet specific Western Australian court and tribunal procedures and deadlines.
What we offer
- Upfront fixed fee estimates to give your client assurance when you explain the cost benefit of briefing Havilah Legal as your ‘town agent.’
- Cost-effective value adding to your matter; particularly if you need advice about specific court procedure and pleadings.
- Same day reporting (by email or telephone) and, if necessary, during proceedings or within a short time following an appearance.
| Jurisdiction | Services |
| Supreme Court | Property, contract, equity, family provision and estate administration |
| District Court | Contract, motor vehicle, compensation |
| Magistrates Court | Liquidated and unliquidated claims (under $75,000), restraining orders and civil judgments enforcement proceedings
Criminal, traffic, regulatory, committal and dog prosecution proceedings |
| Children’s Court | Prosecutions and child protection proceedings |
| Industrial | Industrial relations prosecutions and industrial relations commission proceedings |
| Family Court | Directions, conciliations, listing conferences, call overs |
| State Administrative Tribunal | Guardianship proceedings, power of attorney, construction, strata title, professional conduct, equal opportunity, mental health |
Firm Profile
Havilah Legal was established in 1998 by Principal Bruce Havilah (formerly Bruce Havilah and Associates). Bruce Havilah, and partner Mark Davies, bring a unique style, proactive attitude and business instinct to the leadership and management of Havilah Legal, ensuring its success and those of its client’s long into the future.
From humble beginnings the firm has grown substantially—fuelled by a foundation build on genuine service, approachability and the establishment of enduring client relationships. We accompany organisations through the business cycle, from formation and market entry, to succession planning and exit, plus everything in between.
Havilah Legal specialises general Debt Recovery and commercial litigation, with expertise and experience in other general areas of law such as corporate and litigation and dispute resolution, estate and succession planning, business law and corporate governance, sports law, employment and workplace law, family law, criminal law and dog attacks.
Over many years the firm has streamlined procedures and practices and retained key staff members who are experienced in all fields of debt collection and enforcement.
Havilah Legal recognises that the law and the legal profession are constantly changing, and we work to keep ahead of this with innovative practice techniques, the integration of technology, and regular communication with clients to keep them informed and aware of legislative changes and the impacts on modern litigation.
Major Practice Areas
Fees
Havilah Legal offers a highly competitive rate for all work. All Debt Recovery work in Western Australia is charged at a fixed rate fee.
Pursuant to Part 10 of the Legal Profession Act 2008 (WA), we disclose an estimate of costs in each matter as soon as practicable following our engagement. Interest charges are at the court scale and if no sale is application, then a set rate is applied, and our professional fees for a defended case are based on the solicitor’s hourly rate.
We are also prepared to negotiate fixed fee rates for our professional fees in circumstances where an continuing town agent relationship is established (based on anticipated volumes of work and the complexity of instructions).
| Fixed fee items for debts up to $10,000 | |||
| Item | Court/Other fee payable (excluding GST) | Havilah Legal fixed professional fee | |
| Individual | Other than Individual | (excluding GST) | |
| Demand | |||
| Letter of Demand | — | $55.00 | |
| Field call to serve letter of demand (with report) | — | $110.00 | |
| Statutory Demand (for corporations) | — | $350.00 | |
| Legal proceedings | |||
| General Procedure Claim (excluding any work required by a lawyer to review and settle the claim) | $120.20 | $233.20 | $210.00 + $55.00 for each additional defendant |
| Application for Substituted Service (not including affidavit) | — | $100.00 | |
| Application for Default Judgment | — | $100.00 | |
| Application for Pre-Trial Conference (Form 28) | $189.00 | $367.00 | $100.00 |
| Preparing Repayment Schedule | — | $55.00 | |
| Notice of Discontinuance | Incl preparing, filing etc | $209.00 | |
| Memorandum of Consent Orders | Incl preparing, filing etc | $180.00 | |
| Enforcement of a judgment | |||
| Application for Means Inquiry hearing | $100.00 | $150.50
|
$115.00 |
| Attending Court for Means Inquiry hearing (per attendance) | Costs awarded on day | $100.00 | |
| Application for Warrant of Arrest | $260.00 bailiff fee | $200.00 | |
| Application for Default Inquiry hearing | — | $115.00 | |
| Attending Court for Default Inquiry hearing (per attendance) | Costs awarded $240.00 and upwards | $300.00 | |
| Report of outcome of Means or Default Inquiry hearing | — | $50.00 | |
| Application for Debt Appropriation Order | $51.00 | $51.00
|
$255.00 |
| Application for Earnings Appropriation Order | $51.00 | $51.00
|
$115.00 |
| Application for Property (Seizure and Sale) Order (Goods) | $100.00 + $163.00 bailiff fee |
$150.50
+ $163.00 bailiff fee |
$200.00 |
| Application for Property (Seizure and Sale) Order (Real Estate) (including necessary statutory declarations, affidavits, Landgate application to register etc) |
$100.00 + $163.00 bailiff fee + $168.70 Landgate fee |
$150.50
+ $163.00 bailiff fee |
$891.00 |
| Registering an interstate judgment | $85.00 | $112.50 | $200.00 |
| Registering a judgment of another court or tribunal within the State. | — | — | $200.00 |
| Bankruptcy notice (for judgment debtors who are individuals and owe more than $5,000) | — | $400.00 | |
| Statutory demand (for corporations) | — | $350.00 | |
| Note: Court filing fees apply only to the first enforcement application in a particular case | |||
| Discontinuing or settling proceedings | |||
| Notice of Discontinuance (including preparing and filing of notice, faxing notice to a credit reporting agency, serving notice by post on judgment debtor and preparing and filing affidavit of service) |
— | $209.00 | |
| Memorandum of Consent Orders (including preparing and filing of memorandum, faxing notice to a credit reporting agency) |
— | $180.00 | |
| Application to register Withdrawal of Property (Seizure and Sale) Order | $168.70 Landgate fee | $100.00 | |
| Attendance at settlement (within Perth CBD) | — | $100.00 | |
| Miscellaneous items | |||
| Emails in relation to an item of work listed in this table (excluding those containing advice or formal legal correspondence between parties) | — | $20.00 | |
| Letters in relation to an item of work listed in this table (excluding those containing advice or formal legal correspondence between parties) | — | $20.00 | |
| Law clerk making and receiving phone calls to and from client, agents, courts, debtors and third parties | — | $15.00 (per each 10 minute block or part thereof) | |
| Filing documents at Court (by post, fax, email or web) | As per their disbursement | $25.00 | |
| Company extract or land title searches | As per their disbursement | $15.00 | |
| Reissue Notice | — | $50.00 | |
| Request for Certified Copy of Judgment | — | $145.00 | |
| Preparing Repayment Schedule | — | $55.00 | |
| Statutory Declaration required to accompany any application listed in this table | — | $100.00 | |
| Affidavit required to accompany any application listed in this table | — | $100.00 | |
| Interlocutory Application (which is to be heard in the absence of the parties) | — | $100.00 | |
| Fixed fee items for debts over $10,000 and up to $75,000 | |||
| Item | Court/Other fee payable (excluding GST) | Havilah Legal fixed professional fee | |
| Individual | Other than Individual | (excluding GST) | |
| Demand | |||
| Letter of Demand | — | $80.00 | |
| Field call to serve letter of demand (with report) | — | $110.00 | |
| Statutory Demand (for corporations) | — | $350.00 | |
| Legal proceedings | |||
| General Procedure Claim
— up to $50,000 |
$304.20 | $594.20 | $435.00 + $55.00 for each additional defendant |
| General Procedure Claim
— above $50,000 (excluding any work required by a lawyer to review and settle the claim |
$485.20 | $943.20 | $435.00 + $55.00 for each additional defendant |
| General Procedure Claim
— above $50,000 (excluding any work required by a lawyer to review and settle the claim |
$485.20 | $943.20 | $435.00 + $55.00 for each additional defendant |
| Application for Substituted Service (not including affidavit) | — | $100.00 | |
| Application for Default Judgment | — | $155.00 | |
| Application for Pre-Trial Conference
— up to $50,000 |
$345.00 | $664.00 | $100.00 |
| Application for Pre-Trial Conference
— above $50,000 |
$383.00 | $742.00 | $100.00 |
| Preparing Repayment Schedule | — | $55.00 | |
| Memorandum of Consent Orders | — | $180.00 | |
| Enforcement of a judgment | |||
| Application for Means Inquiry hearing | $162.50 | $244.00
|
$255.00 |
| Attending Court for Means Inquiry hearing (per attendance) | — | $120.00 | |
| Application for Warrant of Arrest | $260.00 bailiff fee | $255.00 | |
| Application for Default Inquiry hearing | — | $255.00 | |
| Attending Court for Default Inquiry hearing (per attendance) | Awarded on day from $240.00 upwards | $300.00 | |
| Report of outcome of Means or Default Inquiry hearing | — | $50.00 | |
| Application for Debt Appropriation Order | $51.00 | $51.00
|
$255.00 |
| Application for Earnings Appropriation Order | $51.00 | $51.00
|
$255.00 |
| Application for Property (Seizure and Sale) Order (Goods) | $162.50 + $163.00 bailiff fee |
$244.00
+ $163.00 bailiff fee |
$255.00 |
| Application for Property (Seizure and Sale) Order (Real Estate) (including necessary statutory declarations, affidavits, Landgate application to register etc) |
$162.50 + $163.00 bailiff fee + $168.70 Landgate fee |
$244.00
+ $163.00 bailiff fee |
$891.00 |
| Registering an interstate judgment | $85.00 | $112.50 | $200.00 |
| Registering a judgment of another court or tribunal within the State. | — | — | $200.00 |
| Bankruptcy notice (for judgment debtors who are individuals and owe more than $5,000) | — | $400.00 | |
| Statutory demand (for corporations) | — | $350.00 | |
| Note: Court filing fees apply only to the first enforcement application in a particular case | |||
| Discontinuing or settling proceedings | |||
| Notice of Discontinuance (including preparing and filing of notice, faxing notice to a credit reporting agency, serving notice by post on judgment debtor and preparing and filing affidavit of service) |
— | $209.00 | |
| General Procedure Claim
— above $50,000 (excluding any work required by a lawyer to review and settle the claim |
$485.20 | $943.20 | $435.00 + $55.00 for each additional defendant |
| Application for Substituted Service (not including affidavit) | — | $100.00 | |
| Application for Default Judgment | — | $155.00 | |
| Application for Pre-Trial Conference
— up to $50,000 |
$345.00 | $664.00 | $100.00 |
| Application for Pre-Trial Conference
— above $50,000 |
$383.00 | $742.00 | $100.00 |
| Preparing Repayment Schedule | — | $55.00 | |
| Memorandum of Consent Orders | — | $180.00 | |
| Enforcement of a judgment | |||
| Application for Means Inquiry hearing | $162.50 | $244.00
|
$255.00 |
| Attending Court for Means Inquiry hearing (per attendance) | — | $120.00 | |
| Application for Warrant of Arrest | $260.00 bailiff fee | $255.00 | |
| Application for Default Inquiry hearing | — | $255.00 | |
| Attending Court for Default Inquiry hearing (per attendance) | Awarded on day from $240.00 upwards | $300.00 | |
| Report of outcome of Means or Default Inquiry hearing | — | $50.00 | |
| Application for Debt Appropriation Order | $51.00 | $51.00
|
$255.00 |
| Application for Earnings Appropriation Order | $51.00 | $51.00
|
$255.00 |
| Application for Property (Seizure and Sale) Order (Goods) | $162.50 + $163.00 bailiff fee |
$244.00
+ $163.00 bailiff fee |
$255.00 |
| Application for Property (Seizure and Sale) Order (Real Estate) (including necessary statutory declarations, affidavits, Landgate application to register etc) |
$162.50 + $163.00 bailiff fee + $168.70 Landgate fee |
$244.00
+ $163.00 bailiff fee |
$891.00 |
| Registering an interstate judgment | $85.00 | $112.50 | $200.00 |
| Registering a judgment of another court or tribunal within the State. | — | — | $200.00 |
| Bankruptcy notice (for judgment debtors who are individuals and owe more than $5,000) | — | $400.00 | |
| Statutory demand (for corporations) | — | $350.00 | |
| Note: Court filing fees apply only to the first enforcement application in a particular case | |||
| Discontinuing or settling proceedings | |||
| Notice of Discontinuance (including preparing and filing of notice, faxing notice to a credit reporting agency, serving notice by post on judgment debtor and preparing and filing affidavit of service) |
— | $209.00 | |
| Fixed fee items for caveats | |||
| Item | Court/Other fee payable (excluding GST) | Havilah Legal fixed professional fee | |
| Individual | Other than Individual | (excluding GST) | |
| Caveats | |||
| Preparing Caveat | — | $450.00 + $50.00 for each additional property to be included on caveat | |
| Preparing Statutory Declaration to accompany Caveat | — | $110.00 | |
| Lodging Caveat with Landgate — by hand |
$168.70 | $50.00 | |
| Preparing Withdrawal of Caveat | — | $250.00 | |
| Attendance at settlement (within Perth CBD) | — | $100.00 | |
PROFESSIONAL COSTS
The Client agrees to pay the following hourly rates for legal professional services and all incidental services (including non-legal services, waiting in court, travelling and so forth), which have been, and are to be, supplied in relation to any particular matter and for which a fixed fee is not otherwise charged:
| Description | Hourly rate (excl. GST) |
| Principal or Partner | $550 per hour |
| Senior Associate or Associate | $475 per hour |
| Senior Solicitor (> 5 years’ experience) | $450 per hour |
| Solicitor (between 2 and 5 years’ experience) | $395 per hour |
| Junior Solicitor (< 2 years’ experience) | $350 per hour |
| Articled Clerk, Law Clerk, Paralegal or Secretary | $220 per hour |
DISBURSEMENTS
| Item | Amount (excl. GST) |
| Photocopying | $0.50 per page |
| Printing | $0.50 per page |
| Facsimiles (sending local or standard facsimiles only and excluding time spent) | $0.50 per page |
| Retrieval of file from archives | $50.00 |
| Telephone calls | Mobile and ISD calls, at cost |
| Courier charges | At cost |
| Search fees | At cost |
| Court and tribunal fees | At cost |
| Agent fees | At cost |
| Attendance to lodge or serve documents | At cost |
| Counsel fees | At cost, but subject to prior instructions |
| Expert and witness fees | At cost, but subject to prior instructions |
| Travel by vehicle | $0.70 per kilometre |
| All other travel and accommodation | At cost |
| All other disbursements | At cost |
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