The Court made gross sum costs orders of $4,500 each against two self-represented plaintiffs following dismissal of their summary judgment motions, applying a discount approximating the ordinary basis from the total costs incurred by the State. The Court accepted that the plaintiffs' demonstrated inability to comprehend the costs application strongly supported bypassing the formal costs assessment process to avoid disproportionate satellite litigation, relying on Harrison v Schipp and Wang v State of New South Wales (No 3).
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