Burridge v Chief Magistrate of the Magistrates Court of the ACT (No 3)

[2018] ACTCA 63

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Costs
3. › Self-represented litigants
4. › Chorley exception
5. › Whether exception applies to formerly admitted solicitor who has ceased to practise
6. › Whether solicitor-litigant incurred solicitor's costs
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Costs
3. › Assessment of disbursements
4. › Court fixing amount of disbursements
5. › Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT), r 1720(3)(c)

Quick Take

The Chorley exception permitting solicitor-litigants to recover professional costs does not apply to a person who was formerly admitted as a solicitor but had ceased to practise before the proceedings commenced. The rationale is that such a person cannot be said to have incurred solicitor's costs in the preparation of their own matter.