Catchwords:

COSTS – costs assessment – determination – review/appeal – application for judicial review of District Court on appeal against decision of review panel under s 89 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) – where District Court is to have “all the functions of the review panel” – District Court required to conduct a rehearing of the application for review and consider for itself the question whether the costs are fair and reasonable – where primary judge failed to exercise statutory task – jurisdictional error established

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – privative clause – discussion of history and context of s 176 of the District Court Act 1973 (NSW)