Practitioners seeking or defending wasted costs orders under s 348 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) or s 99 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) should note that the assessments under each provision must be conducted separately, that each practitioner's liability must be individually assessed, and that the indemnity under s 348 is limited to additional costs caused by the impugned conduct.
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