Todorovska v Brydens Lawyers Pty Ltd

• 1. Legal Practitioners
  2. › Costs
  3. › Personal injury claims
  4. › Statutory cap on costs
  5. › Removal of cap by costs agreement
  6. › Disclosure requirements
  7. › Whether disclosures adequate to exclude statutory cap
  8. › Whether disclosures to be assessed in context of all documents provided
  9. › Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), ss 338, 339
  10. › Legal Profession Regulation 2005 (NSW), cl 116
• 1. Legal Practitioners
  2. › Costs
  3. › Costs agreements
  4. › Disclosure obligations
  5. › Fiduciary duty to client
  6. › Informed consent to financial benefit
  7. › Whether formulaic disclosure in confusing context sufficient
• 1. Statutes
  2. › Interpretation
  3. › Purposive construction
  4. › Where constructional choice exists
  5. › Correct level of generality at which purpose identified
  6. › Whether subcl 116(2) has separate operation from subcl 116(3)
  7. › Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), s 33
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Leave to appeal
  3. › District Court
  4. › Judgment as to costs only
  5. › Amount less than $100,000
  6. › Public importance
  7. › Regulation of legal practitioners' dealings with clients
  8. › District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 127

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