› certificate by Costs Review Panel as to fair and reasonable costs pursuant to Part 11
› determination of professional misconduct pursuant to Part 10 of the Act
› s 208KF costs certificate not binding in disciplinary proceedings
› costs certificate issued under Part 11 not determinative of what was fair and reasonable for purposes of professional misconduct
Legal Practitioners
› Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW)
› professional misconduct pursuant to Part 10 of the Act
› whether costs ‘grossly excessive’ is to be determined by evidence and the Administrative Decisions Tribunal may invoke its own professional experience
Legal Practitioners
› Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW) s 208Q
› professional misconduct
› deliberate charging of grossly excessive amounts of costs
› requirement that practitioner personally implicated in either knowingly overcharging or was reckless as to whether or not excessive costs had been charged
› whether Administrative Decisions Tribunal erred in finding practitioner guilty of professional misconduct
Case Details
Citation[2007] NSWCA 130
CourtNSWCA
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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