costs dispute

Law firm fails in lengthy struggle to recover costs
A Sydney firm was unsuccessful in its appeals against costs assessment determinations after the NSW District Court...
22 October 2026
By Matthew Taylor
Supreme Court rejects court transfer over alleged $1.287m costs dispute
The NSW Supreme Court has dismissed an application to transfer proceedings involving Madison Marcus Law Firm over a...
13 October 2026
By Matthew Taylor
Firm defeats claims of ‘unnecessary’ costs duplication
A Parramatta firm has won more than $40,000 from a costs dispute with a former client who alleged it unnecessarily...
12 October 2026
By Matthew Taylor
Client’s costs fight with HWLE collapses on appeal
A former HWL Ebsworth client who failed to make out a claim he was induced into signing a costs agreement has had his...
09 October 2026
By Naomi Neilson
‘Totally misconceived’: Court dismisses latest move in costs battle
A long-running costs dispute between a former client and her solicitors returned to the NSW Supreme Court.
01 October 2026
By Matthew Taylor
Firm’s $880k fee claim undone by costs disclosure delay
In a decision that highlighted the importance of strict compliance with costs disclosures, a Federal Court has rejected...
08 September 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Clifford Chance wins arbitration showdown
A complex costs dispute involving a global firm has forced a court to untangle competing arbitration and jurisdiction...
04 September 2026
By Naomi Neilson
$111k to $31k to $111k: The costs dispute going round in circles
A long-running costs dispute between a personal injury firm and its former client has gone from $111,000 to $31,000 and...
31 August 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Files must be shown to disgruntled ex-client, court says
An NSW man with a total judgment debt of $790,000 has been granted permission to view files held by a law firm to...
11 June 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Solicitor’s application branded abuse of process in multi-party costs dispute
Having found it amounted to an abuse of process, a senior judge has tossed a solicitor’s attempts to join a...
08 June 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Sydney law firm escalates fee fight with senior counsel
A Sydney firm and a senior counsel with a “longstanding professional association” have found themselves locked in a...
07 May 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Boutique firm’s fee dispute drags into 16th year
What began as a $338,000 legal fee dispute has spiralled into a 16-year legal battle with no end in sight.
28 April 2026
By Naomi Neilson
‘Inappropriate’: Court slates solicitor for costs application failure
A solicitor has been criticised for a “clearly inadequate” costs application, which included the...
14 January 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Struck-off lawyer fights Melbourne firm over allegedly unfair costs agreement
A struck-off Victorian lawyer has fought a boutique law firm over a costs agreement he alleged was unclear and unfair.
08 January 2026
By Naomi Neilson
‘Sorry saga of costs’: Firm clashes with client over hefty legal bill
A District Court judge described an ongoing and expensive legal bill dispute between a firm and its former client as a...
15 December 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Piper Alderman dragged back into costs fight with Care A2
National legal practice Piper Alderman was unable to hold onto the default judgment entered against former client and...
14 November 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Perth firm fights client for fees after allegedly pulling discount
The director of a West Perth law firm allegedly went back on his promise to discount a $200,000 legal bill when he...
08 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Client let off the hook for indemnity costs despite ‘serious’ misconduct accusations
A client who levelled serious and unfounded accusations against his former lawyers was hit with a costs order, but a...
07 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
‘Severe’ cost failures at Perth law firm, client alleges
A Perth law firm was ordered to scrap its legal bills and start again after a former client complained its alleged...
15 April 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Alleged overcharging of accident victims by compensation firm, court told
Two clients of a boutique compensation firm will have their legal bills assessed after a third client had his costs...
08 April 2025
By Naomi Neilson