Bingham v Bevan

• 1. Costs
  2. › Costs agreements
  3. › Agreement between law practices
  4. › Conditional liability for payment
  5. › Contravention of disclosure obligations
  6. › Costs agreement void under s 178(1)(a)
  7. › Whether voiding of agreement removes conditions favourable to paying party
  8. › Whether s 185(2) applies to agreements void under Div 3 as well as Div 4
  9. › Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), ss 178, 185
• 1. Costs
  2. › Disclosure obligations
  3. › Barrister's obligations to solicitor
  4. › Invoice grossly in excess of costs estimate
  5. › Contravention of disclosure obligations
  6. › Effect of contravention on costs agreement
  7. › Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), ss 169, 174, 175, 178
• 1. Judgments and Orders
  2. › Certificate of determination of costs
  3. › Filing of certificate as judgment of court
  4. › Whether judgment entered irregularly
  5. › No liability to pay assessed costs
  6. › Power to set aside judgment under UCPR r 36.15
  7. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 36.10, 36.15, 36.16
• 1. Costs
  2. › Assessment
  3. › Jurisdiction of costs assessor
  4. › Whether costs assessor can make binding determination as to liability to pay costs
  5. › Quantification exercise distinguished from determination of contractual entitlement
  6. › Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), s 93C

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