NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Muriniti v Lyons & Ors [2000] NSWSC 680 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12152/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 10 July 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 July 2000
Leonardo C. Muriniti (Plaintiff)
v
Janice Lyons PARTIES : (First Defendant)
Peter J. McNally (Second Defendant)
Lena Ruggero (Third Defendant)
JUDGMENT OF : Davies AJ
P: Mr R K Weaver COUNSEL : 1D: Miss E Cohen 2,3D: Mr Segal P: L. C. Muriniti & Associates SOLICITORS : 1D: Self 2,3D: I V Knight, Crown Solicitor CATCHWORDS : Legal Costs - whether costs assessment should proceed - transitional operation of Legal Profession Reform Act 1993 - whether matter appropriate for judicial review Legal Profession Act 1987, ss 184, 192, 193-195, 201, 206, 208L, 208M, Sch 8 LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944, s 2 Legal Profession Regulation 1994, regs 26A, 78, 79 Legal Profession Reform Act 1993 DECISION : Dismissed with costs.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
DAVIES AJ
14 JULY 2000 12152/99 - Leonardo C MURINITI v Janice LYONS & ORS JUDGMENT 1 HIS HONOUR: The plaintiff, Leonardo Carlo Muriniti, is a solicitor who briefed Robert Lyons, a barrister, in several matters concerning the clients, Jacob Koopman and Seija Aulikki Mather. Mr Lyons died on 2 May 1995. His widow, Janice Lyons, the first defendant, is the executrix of Mr Lyons' will. 2 Section 192 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 ("the Act") provides, inter alia:
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