Catchwords:

CIVIL PROCEDURE – time – extension of time – costs assessment – statutory appeal to District Court from determination of review panel – application for leave to appeal was filed 30 days late – whether primary judge erred in law in declining to grant an extension of time

COSTS – party/party – appeals – appeal from costs assessment – nature of appeal from review panel to District Court – Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), s 89(1)

JUDICIAL REVIEW – review of dismissal of appeal to District Court – grounds of review – whether errors of law on the face of the record limited to non-jurisdictional errors of law

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – amendment and repeal – changes to provisions governing appeals from costs assessments – relevance of other legislative provisions – applicability of decisions considering earlier statutory regimes