Costs recovery

• Costs order and the impecunious unsuccessful party

  29th Aug 2019

  Dipal Prasad and Romaine Abraham discuss a recent High Court case which considered whether the impecuniosity of the unsuccessful party justifies the successful party bearing its own costs.

• Barristers Beware! Who is liable for your fee?

  23rd May 2019

  Decisions of the Supreme Court of Victoria in the past few months highlight the need for barristers to be aware of the small steps that can enable the litigating client, as opposed to their instructing solicitor, to be liable for their fees.