Anne Stephanie Wright -v- Public Trustee [2007] NSWSC 1069

Anne Stephanie Wright -v- Public Trustee [2007] NSWSC 1069

The Court ordered the plaintiff's costs be capped at $50,000, finding the costs estimated exceeded both the award and the proportionality principle under s 60 Civil Procedure Act 2005 in a simple case with modest recovery.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
29 August 2007
Procedural Posture
Family Provision Application / Post Judgment Costs Hearing
Outcome
Plaintiff's costs capped
Legal Topics
['costs' 'proportionality' 'capping of Costs']
['succession' 'family Provision'] ['costs' 'proportionality' 'capping of Costs']

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Procedural Posture

Family Provision Application / Post Judgment Costs Hearing

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the plaintiff's costs should be capped at a sum not exceeding $50,000 from the estate" 'Proportionality of costs to the award made under the will']

Ratio Decidendi

The Court ordered the plaintiff's costs be capped at $50,000, finding the costs estimated exceeded both the award and the proportionality principle under s 60 Civil Procedure Act 2005 in a simple case with modest recovery.

Court Disposition

Plaintiff's costs capped

Orders

  • ["Order 2 made on 15 August 2007 emended to insert after 'party and party basis' the words 'in an amount not exceeding $50,000'."]