COSTS (LAW) – AUSTRALIA

Wilson, Bauer quibble over costs

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Original article by Adam Cooper
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 16 : 9-Mar-18

The Supreme Court of Victoria has been told that a cost consultant has estimated that Bauer Media should be liable for about $A1.12m of the legal costs incurred by Hollywood star Rebel Wilson in a lengthy defamation lawsuit. Wilson’s legal costs arising from the case were around $A1.4m in total, and she is seeking to recover $A1.3m in costs from Bauer, in addition to the $A4.56m in damages it was ordered to pay after losing the defamation case.

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BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA

‘I wouldn’t apologise for 50k,’ Harrison warns Seven

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Original article by Misa Han
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 2 : 10-Jul-17

Seven West Media is believed to have incurred legal costs of more than $A1m in its dispute with former employee Amber Harrison. Seven will seek to recover its full legal costs after insisting that Harrison must issue a public apology as part of a deal to settle the case. Harrison had offered to abandon legal action against Seven and accept a permanent suppression order, but with no apology or payment from Seven. The media group had offered to pay her $A50,000 to settle the dispute.

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SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, JOHNSON WINTER AND SLATTERY, AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Calls mount for reform to class-action protocol

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Original article by Marianna Papadakis
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 33 : 21-Aug-15

Australian corporations paid out almost $A1 billion in class-action disputes in 2014-2015 as cases doubled, a trend that is likely to accelerate under the influence of litigation funders. Plaintiff firm Maurice Blackburn handled the most cases, recovering $A889 million in settlements. With major foreign players joining the pool of litigation funders, the Australian Government is considering changes to class-action rules, the Productivity Commission having already recommended a licensing scheme for the funders.

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AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION, KING AND WOOD MALLESONS, MAURICE BLACKBURN PTY LTD, SLATER AND GORDON LIMITED – ASX SGH, VOCATION LIMITED – ASX VET, ALLCO FINANCE GROUP LIMITED, JONES DAY, IMF BENTHAM LIMITED – ASX IMF, HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS PTY LTD

Hockey hit with costs on Fairfax case

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Original article by Marianna Papadakis, Katie Walsh
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 23-Jul-15

Treasurer Joe Hockey faces a huge legal bill after the Federal Court ordered Fairfax Media to pay just 15 per cent of his legal costs in a defamation lawsuit. Hockey was awarded $A200,000 in damages over tweets and newspaper advertising posters that were deemed to be defamatory. However, it is estimated that Hockey’s total legal costs in defending the case could be around $A300,000. Hockey failed to prove that published newspaper articles relating to the tweets and posters were defamatory.

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FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, ACA LAWYERS PTY LTD, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY

Hird’s legal bill ‘above $1m’, as hearing nears end

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Original article by Jon Pierik
The Age – Page: 45 : 5-Feb-15

Lawyer Natalie Hickey suggests that Essendon coach James Hird has already racked up legal costs of at least $A1m in the long-running doping scandal. This includes Hird’s own legal expenses and the costs incurred by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency (ASADA). Meanwhile, ASADA’s lawyers must present their final arguments to the Australian Football League’s anti-doping tribunal by 5 February 2015

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ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AGENCY, HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Gittany’s girlfriend sues after site claims she was a stripper

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Original article by Michaela Whitbourn
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 8 : 29-Oct-14

A jury in the District Court of New South Wales will hear a defamation suit launched against news web site operator Daily Mail Australia. It is being brought by Rachelle Louise, the lover of convicted murderer Simon Gittany, over claims that she was the "world’s most deluded woman" and a former striptease artist. Barrister Roger Rasmussen is acting on behalf of Louise, who has been ordered by judge Judith Gibson to pay the Daily Mail Australia’s legal costs incurred for the preliminary hearing

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DAILY MAIL AND GENERAL TRUST PLC, DISTRICT COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES