NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Firth v Latham & Ors [2007] NSWCA 40
HEARING DATE(S): 03/11/2006
JUDGMENT DATE: 9 March 2007
JUDGMENT OF: Santow JA at 1; McClellan CJ at CL at 2; Hoeben J at 3
DECISION: See para [70]
CATCHWORDS: Legal Practitioners - s345 of Legal Profession Act - whether "reasonable prospects of success" when trial commenced - exercise of discretion by trial judge under s348(1)(a) of the Legal Profession Act - solicitor ordered to pay costs awarded against plaintiff - effect of s43A Civil Liability Act on plaintiff's claim.
LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Liability Act 2002 Legal Profession Act 2004
Altamura v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1974) VR 33 at 35 Bullock v London General Omnibus Co (1907) 1 KB 264 Degiorgio v Dunn (No 2) (2005) 62 NSWLR 284 Fennell v Supervision & Engineering Services Holdings Pty Ltd (1988) 47 SASR 6 at 7-8 Gould v Vaggelas (1984) 157 CLR 215 at 247 House v R (1936) 55 CLR 499 at 504 CASES CITED: Johnsons Tyne Foundry Pty Ltd v Maffra Corporation (1948) 77 CLR 544 at 556 Lackersteen v Jones (No 2) (1988) 93 FLR 442 at 449 Latham v Fergusson [2006] NSWCA 288 Lemoto v Able Technical Pty Limited & Ors (2005) 63 NSWLR 300 Norwest Refrigeration Services Pty Ltd v Bain Dawes (WA Pty Ltd (1984) 157 CLR 149 at 163 Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales & Ors v Palmer (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 140 at [30] Steppke v National Capital Development Commission (1978) ACTR 23 at 30-31 Sved v Council of the Municipality of Woollahra (1998) NSW Con R 55-852 at 55,605
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