NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 65 NSWLR 155
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL v TRAVIS McSHANE (NO 3) [2005] NSWCA 437
HEARING DATE(S): 10 November 2005
JUDGMENT DATE: 9 December 2005
JUDGMENT OF: Mason P at 1; Giles JA at 49; Hunt AJA at 50
DECISION: Amended Notice of Motion seeking declaration and other orders - dismissed
CATCHWORDS: Legal profession - cap on costs recoverable "in connection with" personal injury damages claims - whether cap in Legal Profession Act 1987, s198D extends to appeal costs. (D)
Civil Liability Act 2002 Civil Procedure Act 2005, s60 LEGISLATION CITED: Interpretation Act 1987, ss33, 34 Legal Profession Act 1987 Legal Profession Act 2004
Boylan Nominees Pty Ltd v Williams Refrigeration Australia Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 469 Doherty v Liverpool District Hospital (1991) 22 NSWLR 284 Hatfield v Health Insurance Commission (1987) 15 FCR 487 Newcastle City Council v McShane [2004] NSWCA 425 Newcastle City Council v McShane (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 250 CASES CITED: Nolan v Clifford (1904) 1 CLR 429 Saraswati v The Queen (1991) 172 CLR 1 State of New South Wales v Mastronardi [2003] NSWCA 72 TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd v Anning (2002) 54 NSWLR 333 Walton v National Employers' Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd [1973] 2 NSWLR 73 Workers' Compensation Board of Queensland v Technical Products Pty Ltd (1988) 165 CLR 642
NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL PARTIES: TRAVIS McSHANE
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