14 Dec 2021
The applications for recall and recusal were dismissed; defendants were entitled to costs assessed on a category 2B/scale basis; the Court was not satisfied an uplift was warranted despite characterisation of the plaintiffs' filings as repetitive and without merit; accordingly scale costs and claimed disbursements as itemised were awarded to the defendants.
24 Sept 2018
Apply High Court Rules: treat bankruptcy matter as Category 2 and Band B for most prescribed steps, reject Band C for claimed attendances; allow Schedule 3 times for bankruptcy notice and adjudication filing (0.8 days = $1,784), allow additional limited time for hearings, case‑management conferences, memoranda and reasonable preparation to address voluminous respondent filings and recusal material (total additional 11.6685 days aggregated into discrete allowances), resulting in award of $13,268.50 for costs plus $700.00 disbursements. The award reflects Rule framework, significance and actual…
18 May 2018
No reasonable apprehension of bias existed because the 2012 involvement was limited, based on other judges' adverse findings, concerned a different subject matter (the 2012 legal services application) with no logical connection to the 2018 leave application on costs, the earlier comments were not extreme or unbalanced, and recusal after the hearing would impose undue burden; therefore the recusal application was dismissed.
25 Sept 2013
The Court held that the Law Society was entitled to costs for the interlocutory and recusal applications, but the plaintiff was entitled to a modest award for his limited success on the particulars application; the particulars costs were reduced by 50% to reflect the defendant's success on the majority of requests, hearing and preparation times were apportioned under Scale 2B and Schedule 3, resulting in net awards of $6,716.25 (interlocutory) and $1,691.50 (recusal) in favour of the defendant.