State of New South Wales v Lawrence (No. 2) [2019] NSWSC 1018

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Lawrence (No. 2) [2019] NSWSC 1018 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 13 August 2019 Decision date: 13 August 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Johnson J Decision: The Attorney General is to pay the Defendant's costs thrown away as a result of the adjournment of the hearing on 18 July 2019, with those costs to include 50% of the Defendant's preparatory costs for that hearing and all of the costs of 18 July 2019. Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDERS – application for costs by Defendant – Attorney General significantly narrowed on hearing day scope of terrorism intelligence application – Attorney General's application not pressed concerning substantial volume of documents – Defendant entitled to orders for costs thrown away Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Legal Aid Commission Act 1979 Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 Cases Cited: State of New South Wales v Lawrence [2019] NSWSC 946 Texts Cited: --- Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Tukiterangi (Tuki) Lawrence (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr AC Casselden SC; Ms C Melis (Plaintiff) Mr MA Robinson SC; Dr J Lucy (Defendant) Mr NC Hutley SC (18 July 2019 and 23 July 2019); Mr R Bhalla (18 July 2019) and Mr I Fraser (23 July 2019) (Attorney General For New South Wales)

Solicitors: Crown Solicitor's Office (Plaintiff) Legal Aid NSW (Defendant) File Number(s): 2019/185422 Publication restriction: ---