Rahme v Kekatos Lawyers Pty Ltd

• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Abuse of process
  3. › Re-litigation of issues
  4. › Where party successfully claimed costs as damages in earlier proceedings
  5. › Whether party precluded from denying liability for those costs in subsequent proceedings by solicitor
  6. › Whether re-litigation manifestly unfair or would bring administration of justice into disrepute
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Appeals
  3. › Appeal from Local Court to Supreme Court
  4. › Whether Supreme Court has power to make findings of primary fact on appeal under ss 39 and 40 of Local Court Act 2007 (NSW)
  5. › Local Court Act 2007 (NSW), ss 39, 40, 41
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Court of Appeal
  3. › Application for leave to appeal
  4. › Whether application raises point of principle or general importance
  5. › Whether substantial injustice disclosed
  6. › Whether success would make practical difference
  7. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 101(2)(r)

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