NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Santos by his tutor McGuinness v St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Ltd (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 901 Hearing dates: 18 July 2023 Date of orders: 18 July 2023 Decision date: 18 July 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Dhanji J Decision: (1) Pursuant to s 77(4) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) the following funds held in Court for ordered costs be paid out of Court as follows: (a) $300,000 be paid to Longton Legal Pty Ltd in full satisfaction of the plaintiff's ordered legal costs inclusive of GST. (b) $344,56.46 be paid to Longton Legal Pty Ltd in full satisfaction of the plaintiff's solicitor/client legal costs inclusive of GST. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – prior court approval of settlement –application for orders for moneys to be paid out of court to person other than the plaintiff – legal costs – solicitor/legal cost – funds to be paid out of Court Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Luis Batista Santos by his tutor Robyn McGuinness v St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Ltd (Supreme Court (NSW), Hamill J, 18 February 2022, unrep) Santos by his tutor McGuinness v St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Ltd [2022] NSWSC 893 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Luiz Batista Santos by his tutor Robyn McGuinness (Plaintiff) St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: K Oldfield (Applicant on motion)
Solicitors: Longton Legal Pty Ltd (Applicant on motion) File Number(s): 2018/390721 Publication restriction: Nil
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