Ferella v Stomo [2017] NSWCA 268

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Ferella v Stomo [2017] NSWCA 268 Hearing dates: 13 October 2017 Date of orders: 13 October 2017 Decision date: 20 October 2017 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; White JA at [2]; Sackville AJA at [37] Decision: Order that the summons for judicial review be dismissed with costs to be paid on an indemnity basis. Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — Appeals — Appeal from a costs assessment to District Court—summons for judicial review — whether review panel applied the wrong legislation — whether primary judge erred by finding that the Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) applied to costs assessment — Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) applies to costs which relate to proceedings commenced before 1 July 2015 in accordance with Schedule 9 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) — application is without merit — no error of law in primary judge's reasoning Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 60 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) ss 30C(1)(b), (2), 64A Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) ss 382, 384 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) ss 6, 476 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) ss 63, 64, 89, 166, 167(a), 169, 172, 196 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015 (NSW), reg 59 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69 Cases Cited: Adelaide Bank Limited v Phontos [2016] FCA 824 Cominos v Di Rico (No 2) [2016] NSWCATAP 138 Ferella v Stomo (No 2) [2017] NSWDC 61 Ferella v Stomo [2017] NSWDC 34 Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales (2010) 239 CLR 531; [2010] HCA 1 Riva NSW Pty Ltd v Key Nominees Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 381 Riva NSW Pty Ltd v Key Nominees Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 389 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Angelo Ferella (First Applicant) Gustavo Ferella (Second Applicant) Riva NSW Pty Ltd ACN 13881815 (Third Applicant) Chris Stomo (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: R K Newton (Applicants) T Buterin (Respondent)