Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Mango Boulevard Pty Ltd v Whitton [2019] FCA 490 File number: VID 1183 of 2010
Judge: RANGIAH J
Date of judgment: 11 April 2019
Catchwords: COSTS – indemnity principle – barrister's contingent costs agreement with uplift fee in relation to claim for damages – whether costs agreement void – whether barrister entitled to recover costs – where separate costs agreements for separate proceedings – barrister not precluded from recovering costs – where costs agreement did not include an estimate of the uplift fee – applicant only required to pay the respondents the fair and reasonable value of barrister's services
Legislation: Acts Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) s 5(2) and 8(b) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW)(repealed) ss 3, 83, 237, 302, 303, 305, 306, 319, 322, 323, 324, 326 and 327 Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) ss 302, 305, 319, 323, 324 and 327 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 40.17
Cases cited: Bobby v Damiliuk [2012] VSC 575 Branson v Tucker [2012] NSWSCA 310 Certain Lloyd's Underwriters v Cross (2012) 248 CLR 378 Chief Commissioner of State Revenue v Smeaton Grange Holdings Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 184 Cross v Certain Lloyds Underwriters [2011] NSWCA 136 Keesing v Adams [2010] NSWSC 336 Legal Services Commissioner v Baker (No 2) [2006] 2 Qd R 249 Mainieri and Another v Cirillo (2014) 47 VR 127 Mango Boulevard Pty Ltd v Whitton (2015) 242 FCR 331; [2015] FCA 1169 Mango Boulevard Pty Ltd v Whitton [2015] FCA 1352 Mango Boulevard Pty Ltd v Whitton [2018] FCA 399 Morley-Clarke v Jones (Inspector of Taxes) [1986] 1 Ch 311 National Acceptance Corporation Pty Ltd v Benson (1988) 12 NSWLR 213 Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas (2004) 218 CLR 451 Paroz v Clifford Gouldson Lawyers [2012] QDC 151 Rondel v Worsley [1969] 1 AC 191 Russells Solicitors v McCardel [2014] VSC 287 Stringer v Flehr [2003] QSC 370 Tabtill No 2 Pty Ltd v DLA Phillips Fox [2012] QSC 115 Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2004) 219 CLR 165 Ventouris Enterprises Pty Ltd v Dib Group Pty Ltd (No 4) [2011] NSWSC 720 Roger Quick, Quick on Costs (Thomson Reuters Westlaw AU, subscription service) at [20.280] (update 78)
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