COSTS -- Jurisdiction and discretion to order costs against non-party and in particular Deputy Registrar acting as taxing officer -- Level of immunity -- Judicial or quasi-judicial at superior court level or judicial or quasi-judicial at magistrate level -- Derivative immunity -- Relevance of Hardiman principle -- Meaning of quasi-judicial -- Costs recoverable for review versus earlier taxation -- Availability of Suitors' Fund -- Meaning of "appeal" and "court" for purposes of Suitors' Fund Act.
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- Recovery of costs against officer of court who is not a judicial officer but exercises quasi-judicial function -- Relevance of tort of misfeasance in public office by analogy.
Acts Cited:
Crown Proceedings Act 1988 (NSW); ss5 and 9
Case Details
Citation[1999] NSWSC 317
CourtNSWSC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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