The Court of Appeal refused a self-represented litigants' claim for 'ongoing costs' including emotional and psychological damage, negligence claims, and the value of their own time spent on the appeal. Applying Cachia v Hanes (1994) 179 CLR 403, the Court confirmed that 'costs' under UCPR r 766(1)(d) are limited to an indemnity for professional legal costs actually incurred and do not extend to a non-lawyer's own time expended in preparing and conducting litigation, nor to heads of damage such as pain and suffering.
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