Marketing Advisory Services v Tasmanian Football League Inc [2003] FCA 245

Marketing Advisory Services v Tasmanian Football League Inc [2003] FCA 245

No error of principle or manifest excess found in taxing officer's determination regarding counsel's hourly rate or time spent; applicant failed to establish any reviewable error; review of taxing officer's discretionary decisions is limited and not to be conducted as if the reviewing judge were the original decision-maker.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
19 March 2003
Procedural Posture
Judicial Review of Taxation of Costs / Application for Review Under O 62 R 44(1) of Federal Court Rules
Outcome
Application dismissed with costs to second respondent.
Legal Topics
['taxation of Costs' 'judicial Review' 'discretionary Decision' 'error in Principle']

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Procedural Posture

Judicial Review of Taxation of Costs / Application for Review Under O 62 R 44(1) of Federal Court Rules

  1. 1 ['Correct test for review of taxation by taxing officer' 'Exercise of discretionary decision' 'Whether taxation manifestly wrong or erroneous in principle']

Ratio Decidendi

No error of principle or manifest excess found in taxing officer's determination regarding counsel's hourly rate or time spent; applicant failed to establish any reviewable error; review of taxing officer's discretionary decisions is limited and not to be conducted as if the reviewing judge were the original decision-maker.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed with costs to second respondent.

Orders

  • ["The applicant's notice of motion dated 7 January 2003 is dismissed." "The applicant pay the second respondent's costs."]