Legal services expenditure
Paragraph 11.1(ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2017 (the Directions) requires that, by 30 October each year, entities make publicly available records of the legal services expenditure for the previous financial year. The Directions are not intended to cover the handling of criminal prosecutions and related proceedings (see general note 4 of the Directions).
The following table lists the CDPP's legal services expenditure relating to administrative activities only:
|
Financial |
External expenditure on |
Internal |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Professional |
Counsel |
Disbursements |
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|
2024–25 |
$245,220 |
$0 |
$173 |
$0 |
$245,393 |
|
2023–24 |
$270,873 |
$0 |
$6,963 |
$0 |
$277,873 |
|
2022–23 |
$154,129 |
$523 |
$220 |
$0 |
$154,872 |
|
2021–22 |
$25,687 |
$0 |
$133 |
$0 |
$25,820 |
|
2020–21 |
$39,650 |
$0 |
$55 |
$0 |
$39,705 |
For financial years earlier than 2020–21, please refer to the relevant annual report.