Ferella v Stomo

[2017] NSWCA 268

Court of Appeal

Supreme Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	Ferella v Stomo [2017] NSWCA 268
Hearing dates:	13 October 2017
Date of orders:	13 October 2017
Decision date:	20 October 2017
Before:	Macfarlan JA at [1]; White JA at [2]; Sackville AJA at [37]
Decision:	Order that the summons for judicial review be dismissed with costs to be paid on an indemnity basis.
Catchwords:	COSTS — Party/Party — Appeals — Appeal from a costs assessment to District Court—summons for judicial review — whether review panel applied the wrong legislation — whether primary judge erred by finding that the Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) applied to costs assessment — Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) applies to costs which relate to proceedings commenced before 1 July 2015 in accordance with Schedule 9 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) — application is without merit — no error of law in primary judge’s reasoning
Legislation Cited:	Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 60 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) ss 30C(1)(b), (2), 64A Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) ss 382, 384 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) ss 6, 476 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) ss 63, 64, 89, 166, 167(a), 169, 172, 196 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015 (NSW), reg 59 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69
Cases Cited:	Adelaide Bank Limited v Phontos [2016] FCA 824 Cominos v Di Rico (No 2) [2016] NSWCATAP 138 Ferella v Stomo (No 2) [2017] NSWDC 61 Ferella v Stomo [2017] NSWDC 34 Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales (2010) 239 CLR 531; [2010] HCA 1 Riva NSW Pty Ltd v Key Nominees Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 381 Riva NSW Pty Ltd v Key Nominees Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 389
Category:	Principal judgment
Parties:	Angelo Ferella (First Applicant) Gustavo Ferella (Second Applicant) Riva NSW Pty Ltd ACN 13881815 (Third Applicant) Chris Stomo (Respondent)
Representation:	Counsel: R K Newton (Applicants) T Buterin (Respondent)   Solicitors: Zali Burrows Lawyers (Applicants) Moray & Agnew (Respondent)
File Number(s):	2017/101533
Decision under appeal	Court or tribunal: District Court of New South Wales Jurisdiction: Civil Citation: [2017] NSWDC 34; [2017] NSWDC 61 Date of Decision: 07 March 2017 Before: Gibson DCJ File Number(s): 2016/187005

Judgment

1. MACFARLAN JA: The reasons set out in the judgments of White JA and Sackville AJA reflect my reasons for joining in the making of the orders that the Court made on 13 October 2017.

2. WHITE JA: This is an application pursuant to s 69 of the Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) for judicial review of orders of the District Court (Gibson DCJ) made on 7 March 2017 (Ferella v Stomo [2017] NSWDC 34).

3. At the conclusion of oral argument the Court dismissed the summons for judicial review and ordered the applicants to pay the respondent’s costs on the indemnity basis. These are my reasons for joining in the making of those orders. I also agree…