Lawyer who filed defence in losing case wins appeal of personal costs order

Appeals 2023-04-27 3:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

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A lawyer’s role in litigation is not to draw conclusions on the existence of facts or the outcome of a case, an appeals court has ruled in throwing out a personal costs order against a solicitor for filing a defence in a case his client ultimately lost.

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