Cappello v HomeBuilding Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 109

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Cappello v HomeBuilding Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 109 Hearing dates: 8 May 2023 Date of orders: 26 May 2023 Decision date: 26 May 2023 Before: Meagher JA at [1] Mitchelmore JA at [2] Simpson AJA at [53] Decision: (1) The Amended Summons is dismissed. (2) The applicants are to pay the respondents' costs of the application to be assessed on an indemnity basis Catchwords: COSTS – judicial review of District Court decision following appeal from costs assessor – whether applicants' challenge wrongly described – whether findings an error of law on the face of the record – whether certain cases relied on in error – whether failure to consider applicants' arguments and alleged implications under the Legal Profession Uniform Law 2014 (NSW) – whether evidence from bar table relied upon – no errors of law on the face of the record – Amended Summons dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law 2014 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ahern v Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd [2021] NSWCA 166 Amirbeaggi v Matrix Group Co Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 21 Berardi v Russo t/as Russo & Partners [2015] NSWSC 1520 Cappello v Hammond & Simonds NSW Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1199 Cappello v Hammond & Simonds NSW Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 1021 Cappello v Hammond & Simonds NSW Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 57 Cappello v Homebuilding Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 61 Collier v Country Women's Association of New South Wales [2018] NSWCA 36 Ferella v Stomo [2017] NSWCA 268 Folbigg v Attorney General of New South Wales (2021) 391 ALR 294; [2021] NSWCA 44 Frontier Law Group Pty Ltd v Barkman [2016] NSWSC 1542 Liverpool City Council v Estephan (Executor and Administrator of the Estate of the late Jocelyn Estephan and Ors) [2009] NSWCA 161 Mead v Watson [2005] NSWCA 133 Quach v Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency [2021] FCA 313 Riva NSW Pty Ltd v Fraser & Clancy t/as Fraser Clancy Lawyers [2020] NSWCA 210 Wentworth v Rogers (No 5) (1986) 6 NSWLR 534 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rosario Cappello (First Applicant) Maria Cappello (Second Applicant)