legal costs

How party/party costs determinations can frustrate solicitor/client costs disputes

Can clients have their cake and eat it? The NSWCA rules on clients disputing solicitor fees after previously admitting liability.

‘Wicked and calculated’: Ten takes aim at Lehrmann in costs fight

Getting in on the ‘fruits of the action’: the power of the equitable lien

Equitable liens are a practically useful device to secure the payment of solicitors’ fees. They are, in essence, a right to seek Court intervention. By…