Spanos Enterprises Pty Ltd & 2 Ors v South Sydney City Council [1999] NSWSC 1077

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Spanos Enterprises Pty Ltd & 2 Ors v South Sydney City Council [1999] NSWSC 1077 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : 11633/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 October 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 3 November 1999

Spanos Enterprises Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff)

Spanos Export Meats Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff) PARTIES : Anthony William Spanos (Third Plaintiff)

South Sydney City Council (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr J B de Vere Tyndall (Plaintiffs) COUNSEL : Mr M J Walsh (Defendant) Tjakamarra Forrest Solicitors of Canberra (Plaintiffs) SOLICITORS : Pike Pike & Fenwick (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Appeal against decision of costs assessor; Extension of time ACTS CITED : Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW) (as amended) - s 208L Kioa & Ors v West & Anor (1985) 159 CLR 550 R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 Chouman v Margules 17 MVR 144 CASES CITED : Dubow v Miller Goddard Solicitors (NSWSC, unreported 30 September, Marster Harrison) Smits v Buckworths (NSWSC, unreported 22 September 1997, Young J) Wentworth v Wentworth (NSWSC, unreported 6 February 1998, Santow J) Webb v Queen (1994) 181 CLR 41 at 53 Gibson v O'Keefe (NSWSC, unreported 2 June 1998, Einstein J) DECISION : See para 26