Consolidated practice directions

Procedure for initiating provisional assessment
 
3. 
A party (the filing party) will file a bill of costs in the usual way, paying 
the lodgment fee.
4. 
The taxing officer may, if he or she considers the bill to be suitable for 
provisional assessment, return the service copies of the bill to the filing 
party with a letter notifying the parties that the bill will be provisionally 
assessed. The bill must be served by the filing party on the paying party 
with a copy of the Court's letter.
5. 
If the taxing officer considers the bill to be unsuitable for provisional 
assessment the bill will be listed for assessment in the usual way. At this 
point, the taxing fee of 2.5% of the value of the bill becomes due and 
payable unless the filing party is an eligible individual for the purposes 
of the fee regulations (see 
Supreme Court (Fees) Regulations 2002
(WA) 
sch 1 div 1 item 9(b)).
Provisional assessment 
6. 
In making a provisional assessment: 
(a) 
The parties will not appear before the taxing officer and, unless 
requested by the taxing officer, will not be entitled to provide any 
additional materials to the taxing officer other than, if requested by 
the taxing officer, vouchers for disbursements.

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4. General Division - Civil 
 
PD 4.7.2 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
(b) The taxing officer will advise the parties by way of a Notice of 
Provisional Assessment of the total at which the bill would be 
allowed if the assessment were accepted. The taxing officer will 
not provide reasons for the making of the assessment. 
7. 
The parties will have 21 days from the date of the Notice of Provisional 
Assessment to file objections to the assessment.
8. 
If no objections are received within that period, the taxing officer will 
allow the amount of the provisional assessment without further notice to 
the parties and no taxing fee becomes payable. The parties may, if they 
wish, advise the taxing officer in writing within that period that they are 
satisfied with the assessment whereupon the assessment will be allowed.