Costs have traditionally followed the event. Put up 5 reasons why you should get damages and win on 1 of them, and the starting point has been that you get the costs of the whole proceeding, including of the 4 causes of action which failed. Recent decisions of a Full Federal Court constituted [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Party party costs'
Victorian judges more amenable to sophisticated costs orders in cases of partial success only
August 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Legal Profession Act · Party party costs · Wasted costs
"this letter will be used on the question of costs"
December 6th, 2007 · No Comments
I came across a really bad interstate solicitor a while back. One of his peccadillos was to write, at the end of all of his letters to my instructor — his opponent — 'We thank you for your cooperation, and if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.' [...]
Tags: Party party costs
Unbettered Calderbank offer gives rise to no presumption of solicitor-client costs
May 27th, 2007 · No Comments
Stipanov v GCFM [2006] VSC 258, in which a professional negligence claim against a solicitor failed on causation, was posted on here. The costs decision, Stipanov v GCFM (No. 2) [2006] VSC 424 has only recently come to my attention. Despite the complete failure of the plaintiff's claim and an early substantial offer from the [...]
Tags: Party party costs
