Ada Evans Chambers P/L v Santisi [2014] NSWSC 538

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ada Evans Chambers P/L v Santisi [2014] NSWSC 538 Hearing dates: 2 May 2014 Decision date: 06 May 2014 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Adamson J Decision: (1) Dismiss the summons. (2) Unless any party seeks a different order in writing to my Associate within seven days, order the plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: APPLICATION - application to strike out summons for appeal from Local Court costs order - effect of Practice Note - whether a legal practitioner who is a barrister is entitled to costs when also a litigant - no basis to suggest that the Magistrate's discretion to exclude the evidence miscarried - relevance of lack of fee agreement - no arguable ground - summary dismissal appropriate Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56, s 57, s 58, s 59, s 101 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 215 Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), s 317 Local Court Act 2007 (NSW), s 39, s 40 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4 Cases Cited: Ciszek v Enterprise Financial Solutions Pty Limited [2010] NSWSC 1265 Farkas v Northcity Financial Services Pty Limited [2006] NSWSC 1036 Murphy v Legal Services Commissioner (No. 2) [2013] QSC 253 Phillips v Tobias Partners Pty Limited [2013] NSWSC 496 Sayed v Deng [2012] NSWSC 851 Soia v Bennett [2014] WASCA 27 Wang v Farkas [2014] NSWCA 29 Winn v Garland Hawthorn Brahe [2007] VSC 360 Texts Cited: Local Court of New South Wales Practice Note Civ 1 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ada Evans Chambers Pty Ltd (Plaintiff/Respondent) Frank Santisi (Defendant/Applicant) Representation: Counsel: R Freeman (Plaintiff/Respondent) SJ Burchett (Defendant/Applicant) Solicitors: Adams & Co Lawyers (Plaintiff/Respondent) Denison Toyer (Defendant/Applicant) File Number(s): 2014/13789 Publication restriction: Nil