Category: Costs
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Submitting appearance may not avoid costs order
Administrative review of a “minor injury” dispute under the Motor Accident Injuries Act — costs of a submitting appearance by the insurer. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — judicial review — jurisdictional error — gateway function requiring President to consider whether there was reasonable cause to suspect material error in medical assessment — whether assessor not accepting medical…
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Application for itemised bill of costs from previous solicitors — Application for declaration that costs assessment application is just and fair — TROUBLING ASPECTS
Benton v CMC Lawyers Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1548 74. Seventh, whilst I accept that the bifurcation between solicitor and barrister in New South Wales has reduced, and is reducing, markedly, the structure whereby Mr Quinlivan rendered a separate memorandum of fees to CMC, whilst in fact employed by it, must be assessed as unorthodox.…
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Behaviour at mediation attracting a costs order
COSTS – costs of an abortive mediation – where mediation was court ordered – where the plaintiffs did not attend the mediation – where the plaintiffs did not notify the defendants – costs awarded to the defendants
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Costs in NSW: General Principles
in CostsCosts Principles paper NSW Young Lawyers 24.3.12 – AustLII