Etheringtons Solicitors and Weather and Anor

Etheringtons Solicitors and Weather and Anor concerned a dispute over legal costs. The applicant, Etheringtons Solicitors, sought an extension of time to file a costs application and an order for the wife to pay a sum towards their costs. The matter came before Mullane J.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether to grant an extension of time for the filing of the solicitors' costs application and whether the wife should be ordered to pay a portion of the solicitors' costs.

Mullane J reasoned that it was appropriate to extend the time for the solicitors to file their costs application, effectively deeming the application to have been filed on 5 July 2007. The court also ordered that the wife pay to the applicant's solicitors the sum of $2,356, representing a contribution towards the costs incurred by the solicitors in relation to the wife's application to review a costs certificate and the solicitors' own application filed on 5 July 2007.