A former solicitor's application to enforce equitable rights in a costs order made by the Court of Appeal is not a matter within the jurisdiction of a single Judge of Appeal under s 46 of the Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), and should be commenced in or remitted to the Equity Division. The question of priority between successive solicitors' claims to costs out of the fruits of litigation was left open.
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