Ms Sara Moorhead:

That is a matter for the Minister. It is a matter about which we are very concerned. There has been a considerable hiatus in the taxation of costs, which I will not go into here. We are surprised that there has not been more of an impetus to get that portion of the Legal Services Regulation Act up and running because it is a very detailed provision in respect of legal costs. It is very transparent and is supposed to be self-financing. It has been welcomed by all the representative bodies and there seems to be no reason there is a delay in it. There are significant backlogs relating to the awarding of costs. Again, this is not an issue for today but it is a real issue, particularly for plaintiffs' solicitors who are funding litigation on an ongoing basis such as catastrophic injuries cases where they are simply not getting their costs dealt with. There is no reason the costs provision should not be up and running and it will be good for everyone if it is.