South West Helicopters Pty Ltd v Stephenson (No 2)

• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Interest on costs
  4. › Source of power to award interest on costs
  5. › Whether interest calculation may run from date of payment of costs to own lawyers
  6. › Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 101(4), (5)
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Interest on costs
  4. › Exercise of discretion
  5. › Whether costs disproportionate to amount in issue
  6. › Whether interest on costs first sought after judgment on appeal
  7. › Importance of avoiding satellite litigation
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Interest on costs
  4. › Transitional provisions
  5. › Whether old or new form of s 101 applies to costs of trial and costs of appeal
  6. › Courts and Other Justice Portfolio Legislation Amendment Act 2015 (NSW), Sch 1.2[2]
• 1. Statutory Interpretation
  2. › Use of extrinsic materials
  3. › Explanatory notes and second reading speeches
  4. › Available construction shown to be unintended
  5. › Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 34, 35

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