EXPERT REPORTS
QCA Legal is an incorporated Law Firm and a member of the QCA Group, and is the leading Experts in Legal Costs and provides Expert Opinion and Expert Advice as well as drafting Expert Reports Australia-wide which include:
SECURITY FOR COSTS APPLICATIONS
GROSS SUM CLAIMS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS
Lydia Fogl, Principal of QCA Legal, has been appointed by the Federal Court to act as a Costs Referee to provide an Expert Opinion in respect to an Application under s33V of the Federal Court of Australia 1976 (Cth) in:
Simpson v Thorn Australia Pty Limited trading as Radio Rentals (No 5) [2019] FCA 2196 (20 December 2019).
Independent Expert Opinions to the Court in the following representative proceedings under s33V and 33ZF of the Federal Court of Australia 1976 (Cth):
Wepar Nominees Pty Ltd v Schofield (No.2) [2014] FCA 225 (14 March 2014);
Bulense Holdings Pty Ltd v Arup Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 726 (20 July 2015);
Gray v Cash Converters International Limited (No.2) [2015] FCA 1109 (12 October 2015);
Foley v Gay [2016] FCA 273 (21 March 2016);
Hopkins & Anor v AECOM Australia Pty Ltd (No. 8) [2016] FCA 1096 (9 September 2016);
McAlister v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2017] FCA 93 (14 February 2017);
Santa Trade Concerns Pty Ltd v Kim Robinson (No.2) [2018] FCA 1491 (27 August 2018);
Sean Lynch v Cash Converter Personnel Finance Pty Ltd (No 5) [2020 FCA 389 (24 March 2020);
Inabu Pty Ltd as trustee for the Alidas Superannuation Fund v CIMIC Group Limited [2020] FCA 510 (28 April 2020);
SECURITY FOR COSTS APPLICATIONS
Expert Opinions to the Court in the following applications for Security for Costs:
Boost Digital Pty Ltd v Centrebet Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 298 (8 April, 2013);
DIF III Global Co-Investment Fund LP & Anor v BBLP LLC & Ors [2015] VSC 484 (11 September 2015)
Eades v Endeavour Energy [2018] NSWSC 801 (25 May 2018);
Di Wu v Ke Yin - Supreme Court of Victoria No S ECI 2020 02416 (unrep.);
Stillwater Pastoral Company Pty Ltd v Stanwell Corporation Ltd and CS Energy Ltd QUD 19 of 2021 (May 2021);
Dennis v Joukhador (2021) NSWSC 870 (21 July 2021)
St Mary’s Hog’s Pty Ltd v HBCA Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 52 (4 February 2022).
DC Legal Pty Ltd v Joukhador [2023 NSWSC 804 (11 July 2023).
GROSS SUM CLAIMS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS
Expert Opinions to the Court in respect to applications for Gross Sum Costs Orders and issues relevant to legal costs in the following proceedings:
Nocton Park Pty Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) – Wang v Lindholm & Ors – In the Supreme Court of NSW No 1539 of 2008 (unrep.);
Precision Helicopters Pty Limited v Endeavour Energy and Telstra Corporation Limited – In the Supreme Court of NSW No. 2009/297468;
122 Pitt Steet Pty Ltd v Universal 1919 Pty Ltd in the Local Court Sydney Registry No 2013/2369942 (unrep.);
Estate of the Late Ronald Thomas Lowe – Supreme Court of New South Wales No 2013/29864 (unrep.);
Greenacre Business Park Pty Ltd & Ors v Deliver Australia Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1646 (17 November 2014);
Sharyn Louise Rowe & Ors v Allens Australia Pty Ltd Supreme Court of Qld No 11916/15 (unrep.);
Commissioner of Taxation v Tomaras [2018] HCA 62;
Searle v Commonwealth of Australia [2018] NSWSC 105;
Jadwan Pty Ltd v Rae & Partners (A Form) and Others - Federal Court of Australia, Tasmania Registry No TAD of 2018 (unrep.)
Daniel Herridge & Ors v Electricity Networks Corporation t/as Western Power [No 4] [2019] WASC 94 (27 March 2019);
Mobis Parts Australia Pty Ltd v XL Insurance Company SR (No 11) [2021] NSWSC 1626 (13 December 2021);
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