Read the full judgment text of HCA 6359/1992 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 March 2004.
1. This is a gross sum assessment which I have this morning directed should be heard notwithstanding the application of the defendants that it should be deferred. The gross sum assessment covers the costs of the trial of the plaintiffs and of the third party for the period from 1 November 2003 up to the end of the trial and therefore it covers also a period of preparation leading to the trial. I make this point clear so that the taxing master, when he is doing the taxation of the whole action, w