Australia, July 28 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 27:
1. This is a case about costs. The plaintiffs, Mr Ben Sweeten and Ms Varvara Sellies, seek leave to appeal to this Court out of time and in respect of a dispute about an amount of assessed costs which has not been shown to be greater than $100,000. The application for leave to appeal is brought under s 89(1) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) ("LPULA Act") from a decision of a Review Panel conducting a costs assessment review under s 85 of the LPULA Act.
2. The defendants are the trustees of a testamentary trust, established by the will of the late Catherine Brown ("Clare's Trust"). The sole benef...