NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Griffith v Australian Broadcasting Corporation & Ors [2013] NSWSC 750 Hearing dates: 6 June 2013 Decision date: 06 June 2013 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: Summons dismissed. Catchwords: DECLARATORY RELIEF - Costs - assessment process - discretion to refuse declaratory relief - availability of statutory mechanism of review and appeal - whether costs assessor can and should determine complex issues of fact and law. Legislation Cited: - Legal Profession Act 1987 - Legal Profession Act 2004 - Supreme Court Act 1970 - Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: - Ackroyd v Whitehouse (Director of National Parks & Wildlife Service) (1985) 2 NSWLR 239 - Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond [1990] HCA 33; 170 CLR 321 - Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Hattersley [2001] NSWSC 60; 51 NSWLR 333 - Currabubula Holdings Pty Ltd v State Bank of New South Wales Ltd [2000] NSWSC 232 - Dalgety Wine Estates Pty Ltd v Rizzon (1979) 141 CLR 552 - Graham v Aluma-Lite Pty Ltd (Court of Appeal, 25 March 1997, unreported) - Griffith & Macartney-Snape v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2008] NSWSC 764 - Griffith v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2010] NSWCA 257 - Griffith v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2011] HCATrans 98 - Wentworth v Rogers [1999] NSWCA 403 - Wentworth v Rogers [2006] NSWCA 145; 66 NSWLR 474 Texts Cited: Aronson, Dyer & Groves, Judicial Review of Administrative Action, 3rd ed (2004) Lawbook at 753 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jeremy Norman Griffith (Plaintiff) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (First Defendant) David Millikan (Second Defendant) John Bartos (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: K. Smark SC, Ms M. Castle (Plaintiff) B.W. Walker SC, M.J. Lewis (First and Second Defendants) Submitting appearance (Third Defendant) Solicitors: Watson Mangioni (Plaintiff) Baker & McKenzie (First and Second Defendants) I.V. Knight, Crown Solicitor (Third Defendant) File Number(s): 2013/122052
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