PROCEDURE - costs - assessment of costs by costs assessor - appeal against assessment - PROFESSIONS AND TRADES - legal practitioners - basis of retainer - "pro bono" - "no win/no pay" - right to be paid by client - estoppel - quantum meruit - APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL - nature of appeal by "new hearing" - alternative avenue of review by specialist panel - criteria for leave to appeal
Acts Cited:
Legal Profession Act 1987
Legal Profession Regulation 1994
Case Details
Citation[2002] NSWSC 709
CourtNSWSC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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