Foundas v Wengel [2024] NSWSC 128

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Foundas v Wengel [2024] NSWSC 128 Hearing dates: 28 November 2023 Date of orders: 20 February 2024 Decision date: 20 February 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: (1) The decision of the Manager, Costs Assessment be set aside. (2) The application to review the costs assessor's decision dated 24 May 2022 be referred to a Review Panel. (3) The defendants are to pay the plaintiff's costs. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Manager, Costs Assessment – Registrar's decision – Application filed in time. Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) ss 83 and 93B Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015 (NSW) cl 45 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) s 69 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 49.19 Cases Cited: Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd v Philip Morris Inc (1981) 148 CLR 170 Alhalek v Kells the Lawyers [2021] NSWSC 205 Arambatzis v Foundas; Foundas v Wengel [2021] NSWCA 78 Boesnsch v Bingham [2022] NSWSC 1432 Re the Will of FB Gilbert (1946) 46 SR (NSW) 318 UTSG Pty Ltd v Gwynvill Properties Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 558 Voicu v The Owners – Strata Plan No 1624 [2020] NSWSC 296 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Bill Foundas (Plaintiff) Sean Wengel (First Defendant) Robert Witton (Second Defendant) Manager, Costs Assessment (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: B. Foundas (Self-represented) S. Chen (Defendants)