Burrows v Law Society of New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 8

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Burrows v Law Society of New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 8 Hearing dates: 7 February 2019 Date of orders: 07 February 2019 Decision date: 07 February 2019 Before: Basten JA; Macfarlan JA Decision: Summons dismissed with costs. Catchwords: APPEAL – application for leave to appeal costs order – whether primary judge gave appropriate weight to applicant's material – whether applicant could raise a new point on appeal – whether primary judge afforded procedural fairness to applicant – leave refused. Legislation Cited: Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 101(2)(c) Cases Cited: Burrows v Council for the Law Society of New South Wales (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 376 Burrows v Council for the Law Society of New South Wales (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 737 Burrows v Law Society of New South Wales (No 4) [2018] NSWSC 993 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; Ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; [1997] HCA 6 Suttor v Gundowda Pty Ltd (1950) 81 CLR 418; [1950] HCA 35 Wentworth v Rogers (No 3) (1986) 6 NSWLR 642 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Zali Burrows (Applicant) The Law Society of New South Wales (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: R K Newton (Applicant) C Webster SC (Respondent)

Solicitors: Zali Burrows at Law (Applicant) Anne-Marie Foord (Respondent) File Number(s): CA 2018/222316 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Supreme Court Jurisdiction: Common Law Citation: [2018] NSWSC 376; [2018] NSWSC 737 and [2018] NSWSC 943 Date of Decision: 23 March 2018, 22 May 2018 and 21 June 2018 Before: Schmidt J (23 March 2018) and Adamson J (22 May 2018 and 21 June 2018) File Number(s): SC 2018/24244