“To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise.” Mitchell Caplan
A large, specialist costing firm, Blackstone Legal Costing has grown a prominent professional profile. As leaders in our field, we are called upon for commentary and guest speaking engagements.
Blackstone Legal Costing has also published a number of articles, several of which can be downloaded here free.
Blackstone Legal Costing has played a leading role in costs disputes resulting in precedents being set in all jurisdictions for the determination of costs and the application of scale. A number of notable decisions include:
- Anglo‐Italian Holdings Pty Ltd ‐v‐ Varallo (application of scale rates to photocopy costs)
- Merrington Pty Ltd ‐v‐ Luxoticca Retail Australia Pty Ltd (application of GST to disbursements)
Our involvement in high profile cases includes:
- Joseph Gutnick ‐v‐ Dow Jones & Company
- Gabia Gagarimabu ‐v‐ BHP Billiton & OK Tedi Mining Limited
- Gavan McFadzeon & Ors ‐v‐ CFMEU
- Dresna Pty Ltd ‐v‐ Linknarf Pty Ltd
- Arthur’s Seat class action
- HMAS Voyager class action
For more detail on the above matters, please contact us or simply click here to send an enquiry.
The Blackstone Legal Costing team includes qualified costs lawyers and experienced costs consultants all of whom are legal costing specialists. With combined industry experience in excess of 40 years our capable team will soon include in‐house Counsel and currently comprises: