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Indemnity costs awarded due to Network Ten’s “unreasonable [behaviour] from the outset”
Indemnity costs awarded due to Network Ten’s “unreasonable from the outset” Hafertepen v Network Ten Pty Ltd FCA 1456 The Applicant, Dylan Hafertepen,…
Costs Recovery for Self Represented Litigants
COSTS RECOVERY: FOR SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS By Dipal Prasad When the court makes an order that a party in litigation (Party…
Party/party costs recovery for different types of self-represented litigants in Australia
Party/party costs recovery for different types of self-represented litigants in Australia Self-represented litigants generally Cannot…
Can your firm claim interest on legal fees?
Can your firm claim interest on legal fees? – by Dipal Prasad INTEREST RECOVERABLE ON A SOLICITOR/CLIENT BASIS Solicitors can only recover interest on unpaid…
Blackstone Brief Volume 19
The Blackstone Legal Costing team wishes you a safe and happy festive season and looks forward to bringing you news on costs in 2020. Looking back at one of the…
Blackstone Brief Volume 18
Brett Linsdell is a Costs Lawyer working out of the Melbourne office of Blackstone Legal Costing, one of the largest legal costing firms in Australia, with experienced costs lawyers…
Blackstone Brief Volume 17
Mike Dudman is a Director of Blackstone Legal Costing, one of the largest legal costing firms in Australia with experienced costs lawyers and consultants in…
Blackstone Brief Volume 16
Costs order and the impecunious unsuccessful party Client lost a court case and has insufficient funds to pay for any costs order? Client won a court case…
Blackstone Brief Volume 15
Liability for Counsel’s Fees In this month’s Blackstone Brief our of our Melbourne senior associates, Dipal Prasad, considers recent authorities examining…
Blackstone Brief Volume 14
Perspectives on a Taxation of Costs in the Federal Court of Australia 2019 In this month’s Blackstone Brief one of our senior associates, Romaine Abraham, takes…
Blackstone Brief Volume 13
In this month’s Blackstone Brief one of our stellar Sydney paralegals, Fiona Trime, takes a close look at the recent case of Wiltshire v Amos & Anor, a recent…
Blackstone Brief Volume 12
Joe Rose, a UK Costs Lawyer, has joined Blackstone’s Sydney office following 4 years managing the London office of an affiliated UK costing firm, Partners in…
Blackstone Brief Volume 11
Conditional Costs Agreements - Uplift Fee Essentials. In this article one of our Melbourne Associates, Chris Grisenti, reviews two cases relating to the specific…
Blackstone Brief Volume 10
Litigation funders advance money to a plaintiff or class of plaintiffs to cover their legal costs in exchange for a percentage of any judgment sum obtained or settlement…
Blackstone Brief Volume 9
Gross Sum Applications - Case Law Hot Off the Press! Applications for assessment on a gross sum basis are becoming a more popular instrument in dealing with costs…
Blackstone Brief Volume 8
How are costs assessed in your State? A practical guide to assessing costs in Victoria, NSW and Queensland. Happy New Year! To kick off 2018 we thought we’d show…