Ferkovic v Kioussis [2022] NSWDC 326

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ferkovic v Kioussis [2022] NSWDC 326 Hearing dates: 3 and 4 (written submissions) August 2022 Date of orders: 5 August 2022 Decision date: 05 August 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: (1) Leave to appeal is refused. (2) Summons dismissed. (3) Order the plaintiff to pay the defendant's disbursements in respect of the summons. Catchwords: COSTS — Costs assessment — Determination — Review/appeal COSTS — Solicitor/Client — Costs disclosure — Effect of non-disclosure Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 3, s 4, Sch 1 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, s 11, s 89 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), s 6, s 70, s 71, s 174, s 178, s 194, s 198, s 204, s 206, s 208 Local Court Act 2007, s 39, s 40 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 1.5, r 36.15, r 36.16, Sch 1 Cases Cited: Ada Evans Chambers Pty Ltd v Santisi [2014] NSWSC 538 Bell Lawyers Pty Ltd v Pentelow [2019] HCA 29 Cachia v Hanes (1994) 179 CLR 403 Guss v Veenhuizen (No 2) (1976) 136 CLR 47 London Scottish Benefit Society v Chorley, Crawford and Chester (1884) 13 QBD 872 Preston v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2011] NSWCA 40 Spencer v Coshott (2021) 106 NSWLR 84; [2021] NSWCA 235 Wang v Farkas (2014) 85 NSWLR 390 Texts Cited: Judicial Commission of New South Wales, Civil Trial Bench Book Category: Principal judgment Parties: Tony Ferkovic (plaintiff) Penelopy Kioussis (defendant) Representation: Solicitors: Kioussis Lawyers (defendant) File Number(s): 2022/00054285 Publication restriction: None Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Local Court Jurisdiction: Civil Date of Decision: 15 October 2021 Before: Registrar A Giles File Number(s): 2021/00292330