Mendonca v Tonna; Mendonca v Hathaway; The application of Hathaway and Hosking

• 1. Costs
  2. › Party/party costs
  3. › Exceptions to general rule that costs follow the event
  4. › Costs where no determination on the merits
  5. › Whether plaintiff capitulated
  6. › Whether Lai Qin principle applies
  7. › Distinction between consensual resolution and capitulation
• 1. Costs
  2. › Indemnity costs
  3. › Commencement or continuation of proceedings with no chance of success
  4. › Unreasonable maintenance of contentions
• 1. Trusts
  2. › Trustees for sale
  3. › Remuneration and expenses
  4. › Right of indemnity from trust estate
  5. › Apportionment of burden between beneficiaries
  6. › Whether unreasonable conduct of one beneficiary justifies charging costs against that beneficiary's share
  7. › Trustee Act 1925 (NSW), ss 59(4), 93
  8. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 42.25
• 1. Costs
  2. › Gross sum costs orders
  3. › Whether appropriate in circumstances of protracted disputation

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