Time & Billing

In response to the two-staged approach to the costs assessment mechanisms recommended by the Supreme Court of Victoria and the County Court of Victoria’s Report on Litigious Costs (the Report), the Courts published a welcome Consultation Paper (the Paper) on the Stage 1 Implementation...

This article discusses the contemporary difficulties with agreements as to costs including the intricacies of the statutory frameworks regulating their validity, and compounding and accelerating difficulties with the ACL.