Setting aside costs orders: Does UCPR r 36.16(3) give the court power to set aside a costs order which has been entered?
UCPR r 36.16 (3)is reiterated below: (3) In addition to its powers under subrules (1) and (2), the court may set aside or vary any judgment or order except so…
Federal Court: Revised Guide to Discretionary Items in Bills of Costs to take effect from 1 October 2014
The Federal Court Scale of Costs under Schedule 3 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) (“FCR”) refers to several items in relation to which a Taxing Officer…
Is the Model Broken? Regulation and Assessment of Legal Costs in New South Wales
Is the Model Broken? Regulation and Assessment of Legal Costs in New South Wales Mark Brabazon SC I am honoured to be asked by Blackstone Legal Costing to give…
Requesting itemised Bill of Costs: Effect of Firth v Yang [2014] NSWCA 92
Even if a client or third party payer does not have an entitlement under s 350 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) (“the Act”) to have a bill assessed…
Outcome of the Review of the Costs Assessment Scheme in NSW
On 21 May 2014 the Honourable Chief Justice Bathurst of the Supreme Court of New South Wales announced his final recommendations arising from the Review of the…
What wording in a costs order is required to ensure costs are not taxed via the Federal Court, but under the jurisdiction of a state or territory under Part 40 of the Federal Court Rules 2011?
Hypoct Pty Ltd v Mesh & Bar Pty Ltd FCA 207 (12 March 2013) Justice Edmonds The Applicant, Hypoct Pty Ltd, had sought to rely on a costs order obtained…
An example of when the Federal Court awards costs on a lump sum basis
Bayley & Associates Pty Ltd v DBR Australia Pty Ltd FCA 346 (4 April 2014) is a recent case in which our own costs lawyer, Mike Dudman, provided expert…