Australia, May 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 3:
1. WARD ACJ: This appeal involves a dispute about legal fees. The appellant, Mr Colin Philip Warne, retained a law firm (Chandlers International Lawyers (Australia) Pty Ltd (Chandlers), the principal of which is a solicitor, Mr Mark Treisman), to act for him in two matters. First, in October 2018, in relation to a claim to recover loans allegedly made by Mr Warne and related companies to Sydney Harbour Tallships Pty Ltd (SHTS). Second, in July 2019 to recover moneys allegedly owed to Mr Warne by Dominion WFS Pty Ltd (Dominion). Mr Warne's attempts to recover moneys from SHTS and Dominion were unsuccessful, as I will explain sho...