A.C.N. 627 087 030 Pty Ltd t/as Yates Beaggi Lawyers v Poche [2024] NSWCA 145

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: A.C.N. 627 087 030 Pty Ltd t/as Yates Beaggi Lawyers v Poche [2024] NSWCA 145 Hearing dates: 7 May 2024 Date of orders: 14 June 2024 Decision date: 14 June 2024 Before: Kirk JA at [1]; Stern JA at [2]; Griffiths AJA at [86]. Decision: The amended summons filed 25 March 2024 is dismissed. Catchwords: APPEALS – judicial review – application for judicial review of a decision dismissing an appeal against a decision of a costs review panel on an application for review of a decision of a costs assessor assessing solicitor/client costs – whether District Court committed jurisdictional error or error of law on the face of the record by endorsing decision of costs assessor and review panel Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW), s 208JAA Legal Profession Uniform General Rules 2015 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law 2014 (NSW), ss 172, 199, 200, 201 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), ss 70, 83, 89 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69 Cases Cited: Ahern v Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd [2021] NSWCA 166 Amirbeaggi v EB [2023] NSWCA 108 Fong BHNF Fong v Weller [2024] NSWCA 46 Frumar v The Owners of Strata Plan 36957 (2006) 67 NSWLR 321; [2006] NSWCA 278 Gilmore Finance Pty Ltd v Aesthete No 3 Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 114 The Queen v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal; Ex parte Hardiman (1980) 144 CLR 13; [1980] HCA 30 Category: Principal judgment Parties: A.C.N. 627 087 030 Pty Ltd t/as Yates Beaggi Lawyers (applicant)