Woolf v Brandt (No 2)

In *Woolf v Brandt (No 2)*, the New South Wales Court of Appeal considered an application for a gross sum costs order and whether costs should be awarded on an indemnity basis. The dispute concerned the assessment of costs following earlier proceedings.

The primary legal issues before the Court of Appeal were whether to make a gross sum costs order and, in conjunction with that, whether the costs should be awarded on an indemnity basis.

The Court of Appeal, comprising Kirk and Adamson JJA, ultimately ordered that the costs of the respondent be assessed in the gross sum of $11,500.00. This sum was specifically stated to include the costs associated with the application for the gross sum costs order itself, and was made pursuant to section 98(4)(c) of the *Civil Procedure Act 2005* (NSW).