Mark Gerard Ireland as Executor of the Estate of the late Charles Stuart Gordon v Sandra Jane Retallack & Ors (No 2)

[2011] NSWSC 1096

Supreme Court of NSW

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1. COSTS - court's control over solicitor's costs - Section 98(4) Civil Procedure Act - capping costs - Section 99(2) Civil Procedure Act - disallowing costs
1. WASTED COSTS - expenditure incurred without reasonable cause - not recoverable
1. EXPERT REPORTS - unnecessary - not reasonable to carry out the work to which the costs relate
1. EVIDENCE - irrelevant - not reasonable to carry out the work to which the costs relate