NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : State of New South Wales v LW [2008] NSWSC 695
HEARING DATE(S) : 7 July 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 22 July 2008
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : Harrison AsJ
(1) The decision of the Costs Review Panel dated 20 March 2008 is affirmed DECISION : (2) The appeal is dismissed. (3) The summons filed 22 April 2008 is dismissed. (4) The plaintiff is to pay the defendants' costs as agreed or assessed.
CATCHWORDS : APPEAL - Costs Review Panel -whether rule of thumb should apply
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
AW & Ors v State of NSW [2005] NSWSC 1173 Gundry v Sainsbury [1910] 1 KB 645 Keen v Towler (1924) 41 TLR 86 CASES CITED : Korner v H Korner & Co Ltd [1951] Ch 10 Longreach Oil Ltd v Southern Cross Exploration NL (New South Wales Supreme Court, Young J, 9 March 1988, unreported) Rogers v Kabriel (No 2) [1999] NSWSC 474 Woodward & Anor v Gaha & Anor (NSWSC, Rolfe J, 28 September 1995, unreported)
TEXTS CITED : R Quick, Quick on Costs (2001) Law Book Company
PARTIES : State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) LW on her own behalf and as trustee for the estate of JS (Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 11825/2008
COUNSEL : G McGrath (Plaintiff)
SOLICITORS : Crown Solicitor (Plaintiff) Greg Walsh & Co (Defendants)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Costs Review Panel
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 2006/1983
LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION : 20 March 2008
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE HARRISON
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