Department of the Legislative Assembly, Northern Territory Government

Briefing of Private Counsel

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WRITTEN QUESTIONS
10th Assembly


19/07/2005

87. Briefing of Private Counsel

Ms Carney to MINISTER for Justice and Attorney-General

QUESTION
Briefing of Private Counsel

1. What professional fees were paid by the DPP briefing private counsel based in the NT in 04/05 and please name each counsel.
2. Please provide the same for interstate counsel.

ANSWER


Answered on 06/02/2006

1. The table below identifies professional fees paid by the DPP briefing private counsel based in the NT in 2004/05, and names each counsel.

NameDATE PAIDNT External Counsel (pre GST)
Peter Xavier Elliott
26/07/2004
$10,500.00
Lyn McDade
26/07/2004
$2,400.00
Mark Johnson
16/07/2004
$1,000.00
Ward Keller
18/08/2004
$881.60
Peter Xavier Elliott
18/08/2004
$1,250.00
Mark Johnson
23/08/2004
$4,250.00
John B Lawrence
07/09/2004
$4,500.00
Mark Hunter
07/09/2004
$1,803.00
Lyn McDade
07/09/2004
$6,000.00
Ward Keller
01/10/2004
$1,676.00
Mark Johnson
27/10/2004
$8,250.00
Mark Johnson
27/10/2004
$800.00
John B Lawrence
12/10/2004
$1,500.00
John Tippett QC
23/12/2004
$1,000.00
Tom Berkely
14/01/2005
$425.00
Lyn McDade
24/01/2005
$975.00
Gerard Bryant
12/04/2005
$850.00
Gerard Bryant
22/04/2005
$1,700.00
Tom Berkely
23/05/2005
$1,700.00
Mark Johnson
02/06/2005
$850.00
Lyn McDade
02/06/2005
$850.00
Total paid in 2004/05
$53,160.60
Note: NT practitioners conducted all external briefings.

2. The ODPP did not engage any private interstate counsel in the 2004/05 financial year.
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