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D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee

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AGLC: D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [1996] HCATrans 225
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D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [1996] HCATrans 225

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De Pardo v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [1999] FCA 698

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Citation 1 (Para 31)

…quires a determination of what, in the circumstances, would be a reasonable sum to charge: D’Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaint Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 at 214 (Ipp J, Pidgeon and Franklyn JJ agreeing).…
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Citation 2

…46433; The Owners - Strata Plan No 46433 v Coscuez International Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCATCD 201 D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Evans v The Atrium, The Owners of Strata Plan 11104 [2022] WADC 120 Gray v Sirtex Medical Ltd formerly known as Paragon Medical Ltd [2009] WASC 126 H…
LUND and LEGAL PROFESSION COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE [2019] WASAT 108
Citation 3 (Para 8)

…been charged by a legal practitioner of good repute and competency. As identified by Ipp J in D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 at 214, this requires a consideration of: …the amount at which the costs in question was or would likely be taxed, the difficulty of the case, the no…
Legal Services Commissioner v Slipper [2019] QCAT 146
Citation 4

…ngelo (A Firm) v Bouloudas (1994) WASC 227; (1994) 10 WAR 191 D’Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Dore (as executor of the will of W H B Chenhall dec’d) [2006] QCA 494 Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Wilmoth Field Warne (No 4) [2006] VSC 28 Harrison v Tew [1989] QB 307 In re Hollole [1945]…
Legal Services Commissioner v Jackson [2017] QCAT 207
Citation 5 (Para 13)

…ticularly Nikolaidis v Legal Services Commissioner [66] and D’Allesandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee .[67] [66][2007] NSWCA 130. [67](1995) 15 WAR 198.…
Lo Pilato (Trustee) v Kamy Saeedi Lawyers Pty Ltd, in the matter of Adzic (Bankrupt) [2017] FCA 34
Citation 6

…2012) 203 FCR 451 D’Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Duckworth v Chopra [2001] WASC 146 Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd (2007) 230 CLR 89 Fiorino v Woodgate [1994] FCA 181 Foskett v McKeown [2001] 1 AC 102 Frigger v Shepherd [2014] WASC 477 Harrison v Hocking [200…
Legal Services Commissioner v Leneham [2016] QCAT 314
Citation 7 (Para 2)

…professional conduct should not be carried to the point of “zealotry”.[83] [80] D’Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 at 223. Leave to appeal to High Court refused: 9 August 1996; Nikolaidis v Legal Services Commissioner [2007] NSWCA 130 at [56] per Beazley JA: “so excessive as to…
Legal Services Commissioner v Laylee & Anor [2016] QCAT 237
Citation 8 (Para 4)

…l practitioners are not necessarily the same and do not involve identical purposes. The Tribunal believes that is the correct approach. [54](1995) 15 WAR 198.…
Kidd v Mitchell Frederick Artus Trading As Downings Legal [2013] WASC 264
Citation 9

…[1907] 2 KB 369 Computer Accounting & Tax Pty Ltd v Bowen Buchbinder Vilensky [2009] WASC 171 D'Allesandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Harrison v Hocking [2000] WASC 188 Hart-Roach v Public Trustee (Unreported, WASC, Library No 980044, 11 February 1998) Hospital Products Ltd v United…
Scroope v Legal Services Commissioner [2013] NSWCA 178
Citation 10 (Para 1)

…determination of what, in the particular circumstances, would be a reasonable sum to charge ": D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaint Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 at 214 per Ipp J (Pidgeon and Franklyn JJ agreeing). A charge of overcharging depended significantly upon the degree and frequency of the overchargin…
Legal Services Commissioner v Keddie [2012] NSWADT 106
Citation 11

…geon and Franklyn JJ agreeing) in the Full Court of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198. In a passage relied upon by counsel for De Pardo, Ipp J said (at 214):…
Legal Services Commissioner v Scroope [2012] NSWADT 107
Citation 12

…Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1987, No 263 of 1987 Legal Profession Act 2004 Cases Cited: D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 De Pardo v Legal Practioners Complaints Committee and anor [2000] 170 ALR 709 Kenedy v Council of Incorporated Law Institute of NSW(1939) 13 ALJ 563…
LEGAL PROFESSION COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE and O'HALLORAN [2011] WASAT 95
Citation 13 (Para 7)

…le charges to be made, or indeed the making of charges under such an agreement, constitutes unprofessional conduct. In D'Alessandro v Legal Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 at [209 210] ( D'Alessandro ) Ipp J (with whom Pidgeon and Frankland JJ agreed) said: The standards applied under the court's duty to monitor the t…
Bar Association of NSW v Ward [2011] NSWADT 33
Citation 14 (Para 1)

…'s jurisdiction to set aside a costs agreement for unreasonableness, the comments of Ipp J in D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 are apposite and instructive in this context when His Honour said at 208:…
Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee v Camp [2010] WASC 188
Citation 15 (Para 11)

…'Alessandro , which appeals were heard as matters anterior to the motion based on the Report: D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 204 (Ipp J).…
Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee v Segler [2009] WASAT 205
Citation 16

…Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Dowsett v TK Nominees Pty Ltd (2003) 218 CLR 1 Legal Practitioners Complaint Committee and Trowell [2009] WASAT 42 Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee and McCormack [20…
Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee and McCormack [2009] WASAT 4
Citation 17 (Para 10)

…re relevant to the determination of whether the respondent engaged in unprofessional conduct: D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 at 214; Quigley at [17].…
Mijatovic v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [2008] WASCA 115
Citation 18 (Para 1)

…In D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198, Ipp J (Pidgeon and Franklyn JJ agreeing) considered the nature of an inquiry into an allegation that a legal practitioner has engaged in excessive or unreasonable overcharging. His Honour said: The inquiry into what amounts to grossly exce…
Nikolaidis v Legal Services Commissioner [2007] NSWCA 130
Citation 19

…of Appeal, 17 December 1997, unreported, BC9707048) D’Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Forder v Great Western Railway Company [1905] 2 KB 532 Harrison v Tew [1989] 1 QB 307 In Re City Equitable Fire Insurance Co Ltd [1925] Ch 407 Keane v Caravan City Cowra Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC…
Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee and Mijatovic [2007] WASAT 111
Citation 20

…60 CLR 336 Brown v Talbot & Olivier (1993) 9 WAR 70 Cerini v McLeods (A Firm) [2004] WASC 45 D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 De Pardo v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (2000) 97 FCR 575 De Pardo v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [2003] WASCA 274 General Me…
Thorpe v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [2007] WASCA 8
Citation 21

…v Maunz (2000) 203 CLR 172 Branir Pty Ltd v Owston Nominees (No 2) Pty Ltd (2001) 117 FCR 424 D'Allesandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Jia (2001) 205 CLR 507 Re Veron; Ex parte Law Society of New South Wales [1996] 1 NSWLR 511…
Powell v In De Braekt [2007] WASC 4
Citation 22

…airs v P W Harvey [1980] VR 669 Corporate Systems Publishing Pty Ltd v Lingard [2004] WASC 24 D'Allesandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Frankland River Olive Company v Charters Securities Pty Ltd [2004] WASC 88 Grimwade v Meagher [1995] 1 VP 446 Kallinicos v Hunt [2005] NSWSC 1181 Law…
NSW Bar Association v Meakes [2006] NSWCA 340
Citation 23 (Para 1)

…following passage from the judgment of Ipp J, with whom Pidgeon and Franklyn JJ agreed, in D’Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 at 214: “The enquiry into what amounts to grossly excessive or unreasonable costs would ordinarily involve, first, a determination of what, in the part…
Edward v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [2006] WASCA 194
Citation 24

…D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee and Edward [2006] WASAT 113 Murcia & Associates (a firm) v Grey [2001] WASCA 240; (2001) 25 WAR 209 Re Hodgekiss (1959) 62 SR (NSW) 340 Re Maraj (1995) 15 WAR 12 Archer v Howell (1992) 7 WAR 33 Australi…
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE and BENARI [2005] WASAT 213
Citation 25 (Para 3)

…rendering of grossly excessive fees for legal services may amount to unprofessional conduct: D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 at 214; De Pardo v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [2003] WASCA 274 at [5]. Factors relevant to determining what a reasonable fee were discu…
De Pardo v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [2003] WASCA 274
Citation 26

…D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Quigley v The Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [2003] WASCA 228 Re Hodgekiss (1959) 62 SR (NSW) 340 Nil…
New South Wales Bar Association v Amor-Smith [2003] NSWADT 239
Citation 27

…SES CITED: Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] 1 QB 750 D’Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 De Pardo v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [2000] FCA 335 Evatt v New South Wales Bar Association (1968) 117 CLR 177 Franconi v Legal Practiti…
Re a Practitioner [2003] WASCA 172
Citation 28

…D'Allesandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198…
Solomon Brothers (a firm) v WILLIAMS [2003] WADC 85
Citation 29 (Para 6)

…t. Mr Bates, who appeared as counsel for the defendants, referred to the decision of Ipp J in D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 where a distinction was drawn between the statutory power of the Supreme Court to supervise fees charged by legal practitioners to their clients and…
Ingram & Anor v Western Australian Planning Commission [2003] WASCA 77
Citation 30

…Commission [2002] WASCA 10 Crisp v Western Australian Planning Commission (2001) 28 SR (WA) 8 D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Gerah Imports Pty Ltd v Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce (1987) 17 FCR 1 Marshall v Western Australian Planning Commission (1995) 15 SR…
Lashansky v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [2002] WASCA 326
Citation 31

…Boomalli Ltd v Hake [1985] WAR 7 D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Fordham v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1997) 18 WAR 467 Said v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee, unreported; FCt SCt of WA; Library No 950466; 7 September 1995 Smith v New South Wales Bar A…
De Alwis v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [2002] WASCA 33
Citation 32

…Boomalli Ltd v Hake & Anor [1985] WAR 7 D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Esther Investments Pty Ltd v Markalinga Pty Ltd (1989) 2 WAR 196 Fordham v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1997) 18 WAR 467 Girando v Girando (1997) 18 WAR 450 Re a practitioner LPD1 of 1996 (B…
Pezzano v Hoffmans (A Firm) [2001] WASCA 76
Citation 33

…wealth (1956) 94 CLR 621 Cooke v Rickman [1911] 2 KB 1125 Coulton v Holcombe (1986) 162 CLR 1 D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Dalgety Australia Ltd v Rubin, unreported; FCt SCt of WA; Library No 5485; 24 August 1984 Garden City Wallpaper & Curtain Centre Pty Ltd v Barenfar P…
De Pardo v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [2000] FCA 335
Citation 34 (Para 15)

…on and Franklyn JJ agreeing) in the Full Court of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in D’Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198. In a passage relied upon by counsel for De Pardo, Ipp J said at 214: “The inquiry into what amounts to grossly excessive or unreasonable costs would o…
Gartrell v Gibson and Gibson (A Firm) [2000] WASC 13
Citation 35

…June 1996 Cuming Campbell Investments Pty Ltd v Collector of Imposts (Vic) (1938) 60 CLR 741 D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Forster v Jododex Australia Pty Ltd (1972) 127 CLR 421 Josephson v Walker (1914) 18 CLR 691 Malleson Stewart Stawell & Nankivell v Williams [1930] VL…
Pryles & Defteros (a firm) v Green [1999] WASC 34
Citation 36

…d; SCt of WA (Parker J); Library No 980663; 13 November 1998 Blair v Curran (1934) 62 CLR 464 D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 EMI Records Limited v Ian Cameron Wallace Limited [1982] 2 All ER 980 NSW Crime Commission v Fleming (1991) 24 NSWLR 116 Re Cooke [1997] 1 Qd R 15 Re…
Legal Services Commissioner v Chapman [2023] QCAT 357
Citation 37 (Para 2)

…D’Allesandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 at 214.…
Legal Services Commissioner v Bone [2013] QCAT 550
Citation 38 (Para 32)

…s not, however, necessarily follow that the fees so charged by the bill are so excessive as to constitute a breach of ethics. [14]LPA s 343(2). [15](1995) 15 WAR 198 at 209-12. [16] Nikolaidis v Legal Services Commissioner [2007] NSWCA 130 per McColl JA at [137].…
O'Halloran v Legal Profession Complaints Committee [2013] WASCA 59
Citation 39

…ociety (NSW) v Koffel [2010] NSWADT 149 D'Alessandro & D'Angelo v Bouloudas (1994) 10 WAR 191 D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 Defendi v Eden Hill Plasterers [2008] WASCA 269 Kyle v Legal Practitioners' Complaints Committee [1999] WASCA 115; (1999) 21 WAR 56 Law Society of Ne…
Legal Profession Complaints Committee v Love [2014] WASC 389
Citation 40

…3; (2000) 112 A Crim R 438 Council of the Queensland Law Society Inc v Wakeling [2004] QCA 42 D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 DP World Sydney Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia (No 2) [2014] FCA 596 Erujin Pty Ltd v Western Australian Planning Commission [2010] WASC 326 Fair…
WILLIAMS v Solomon Brothers [2003] WASC 141
Citation 41

…D'Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 189 Harrison v Tew [1989] QB 307 Pryles & Defteros v Green [1999] WASC 34 Woolf v Snipe (1932) 48 CLR 677…
De Pardo v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee [1999] FCA 698
Citation 42 (Para 19)

…n regarded as a reasonable fee for the services of a barrister performed by De Pardo. (See: D’Alessandro v Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee (1995) 15 WAR 198 per Ipp J at 211.)…

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