COSTS — costs orders against practitioners — presumption that legal services provided without reasonable prospects of success — evidence to displace presumption — who can be beneficiary of costs order — whether costs payable — proportion of costs of proceedings — serious misconduct, serious neglect or serious incompetence — multiple statements of claim — inconsistency between pleadings and particulars — inconsistency between pleadings and evidence — extent of increased costs — voluminous irrelevant evidence — false evidence — inappropriate instructions to experts — unlawful recording of telephone conference — multiple witnesses in joint conferences — failure to produce documents — inappropriate allegations of impropriety — whether appropriate to apportion total costs — assessment of reasonable length of trial — discretion
Case Details
Citation[2016] NSWDC 378
CourtNSWDC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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