NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Todorovska v Brydens Lawyers Pty Ltd [2021] NSWDC 382 Hearing dates: 28 – 29 July 2021 Date of orders: 06 August 2021 Decision date: 06 August 2021 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 113 Catchwords: LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – costs – disclosure requirements – statutory cap on recovery of costs for small damages claims – whether firm and client contracted out of statutory cap – Regulation 116 of the Legal Profession Regulation 2005 – consideration of content of disclosure requirement – whether requirement imports obligation to advise CONTRACTS – costs agreement – breach – whether solicitors breached term which set price limit on printing or copying of pages Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Contracts Review Act 1981 (NSW) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) s 21 Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) ss 309, 338, 339 Legal Profession Regulation 2005 (NSW) reg 116 Legal Profession Uniform Law 2014 (NSW) s 174 Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney-General v Associated Newspapers Limited [1994] 2 AC 238 Breen v Williams (1996) 186 CLR 71 Carter v Boehm (1766) 97 ER 1162 CFMEU v Mammoet Australia Pty Ltd (2013) 248 CLR 619 Coshott v Barry [2012] NSWSC 850 Hogarth v Gye [2002] NSWSC 32 Houssein v Under Secretary of Department of Industrial Relations & Technology (NSW) (1982) 148 CLR 88 Mackowiak v Hagipantelis; Bickhoff v Hagipantelis [2015] NSWSC 1087 Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP [2021] UKSC 20 Newcastle City Council v McShane (No 3) (2005) 65 NSWLR 155 Pilmer v Duke Group Ltd (in liq) (2001) 207 CLR 165 R v Regos (1947) 74 CLR 613 State of NSW v Avery (2016) 92 NSWLR 141 Texts Cited: Commonwealth of Australia, Financial Systems Inquiry Fixed Final Report (1997) G North, Company Disclosure in Australia (2013, Lawbook Co.) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ms M Todorovska (plaintiff) Brydens Lawyers Pty Ltd (defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr D Baran for the plaintiff Ms M Castle for the defendant
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