Christopoulos v Angelos [2005] NSWSC 1029
The plaintiffs failed to bring their challenge to the costs assessment within time, did not provide grounds for their challenge as required by court rules, and did not provide a satisfactory explanation for delay or default; in any event, no merit to the challenge was demonstrated and any relief sought was either unavailable in this court or without utility.
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 19 October 2005
- Procedural Posture
- Summons / Application for Extension of Time and Challenge to Costs Assessment
- Outcome
- Summons dismissed; plaintiffs to pay the costs of the proceedings.
- Legal Topics
- ['costs Assessment' 'extension of Time' 'judgment Enforcement' 'appeal Out of Time']
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Procedural Posture
Summons / Application for Extension of Time and Challenge to Costs Assessment
Legal Issues
- 1 ['Whether the plaintiffs should be granted an extension of time to appeal the costs assessment' 'Whether the challenge to the costs assessor’s determination should succeed' 'Whether an itemised bill of costs should be furnished']
Ratio Decidendi
The plaintiffs failed to bring their challenge to the costs assessment within time, did not provide grounds for their challenge as required by court rules, and did not provide a satisfactory explanation for delay or default; in any event, no merit to the challenge was demonstrated and any relief sought was either unavailable in this court or without utility.
Court Disposition
Summons dismissed; plaintiffs to pay the costs of the proceedings.
Orders
- ['The summons is dismissed.' 'The plaintiffs are to pay the costs of the summons.']
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