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Dr Michael Taylor 01 Aug 2020
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Karin Derkley 25 Feb 2020
Cost considerations are central to class actions practice, Slater and Gordon class actions group leader Andrew Paull told the LIV National Costs Law Conference...
Jenny Young 01 Dec 2019
LIV Costs Law Executive Committee 19 Sep 2019
The impact of Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 63.85 can be a serious impediment to a winning party maximising costs recovery when taxing costs...
Access to Justice Civil Procedure Courts Litigation
Janine Wirth 01 Jul 2019
A Costs Court review of legal costs pursuant to the Legal Profession Act 20041 cannot be classified as a debt recovery proceeding. Interest is only payable from quantification of any refund due...
Costs Law Section 14 Feb 2019
The Law Institute of Victoria has submitted feedback on the proposed revised alternative disclosure forms.
Advocacy Courts
Costs Law Section 21 Aug 2018
The Law Institute of Victoria provided input on the possible revision of the costs disclosure thresholds contained in the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014.
Norman Mermelstein 01 Aug 2018
When a tenant is liable for the landlord’s legal fees, the tenant often feels exposed to excessive and/ or unjust costs with little remedy. Relief is available...
Real Property
John Colonna 01 Jun 2018
How to maximise costs recovery for your client. As a costs lawyer, I am frequently asked by practitioners the following. “My client has an order for costs in their favour. How do I...
Mark Bellamy 01 Jun 2018
Last year 52 per cent of complaints about lawyers were consumer disputes involving legal costs. As the Legal Profession Uniform Law’s delegated local regulatory authority in this state...
Dispute Resolution
Dan Star QC 03 Apr 2018
In Migration Agents Registration Authority v Frugtniet [2018] FCAFC 5 (30 January 2018), the Full Court considered whether the privilege against exposure to a penalty (penalty privilege) was available to a respondent...
Ben Wyatt 03 Apr 2018
How do you challenge those bank legal fees for discharge of mortgage?...
Karin Derkley 14 Mar 2018
Itemised billing is a time-consuming and costly process that has the potential to undermine maximum costs recovery, says costs law accredited specialist Cate Dealehr...
LIV Professional Development 26 Feb 2018
The LIV’s legal costings team is often asked “how do I maximise costs recovery?” Unfortunately, this is usually asked after the hard work is done and proceedings have been finalised...
Finance Practice & Procedure
Karin Derkley 06 Dec 2017
The Legal Services Council is looking into a costs disclosure concept it says will create a more harmonised approach across jurisdictions and provide better protection for both law practices and consumers...
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