See, eg, Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 47; [2006] NSWCA 145 at [102], [126] per Basten JA.
2.
Indeed, this is the position in the UK. Recently, however, changes to legislation have meant litigants awarded a costs order, who are represented pro bono, can seek an order that the other party to the litigation pay an amount to a pro bono foundation: Legal Services Act 2007 (UK), s 194. The foundation distributes the money it collects to organisations which provide pro bono services (not to the successful litigant or their lawyers).
3.
Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 at [52] per Santow JA.
4.
Ibid at [66] per Santow JA.
5.
Ibid at [50]–[56] per Santow JA; [129] per Basten JA.
6.
See also Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 at [45]–[47] per Santow JA; [102]–[105] per Basten JA; Trevorrow v State of South Australia (No 7) [2008] SASC 5 at [7]–[16] and the authorities cited therein.
7.
Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 at [54] per Santow JA following Bramwell B in Harold v Smith (1860) 157 ER 1229 at 1231. See also Basten JA at [102], [122]–[126]; Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 at 75 per Brennan CJ.
8.
McCullum v Ifield [1969] 2 NSWR 329 at 330 per Taylor J applying Gundry v Sainsbury [1910] 1 KB 645.
9.
At 809–10. See Howard v Mechtler [2000] NSWSC 455 at [11]; Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 at [119] per Basten JA; Coates v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 796 at [35]–[37].
10.
See Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 at [104]–[105] per Basten JA; Shaw v Yarranova Pty Ltd [2010] VSC 567 at [24].
11.
Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 at [45], [50] per Santow JA; Kuek v Devflan Pty Ltd [2009] VSC 91 at [16]. Cf (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 at [161] per Basten JA; see also [104]–[105]. Hislop J expressed no view on areas where Santow and Basten JJA differed: [216]. Santow JA's dicta cited with apparent approval in Trevorrow v State of South Australia (No 7) [2008] SASC 5 at [15], [17]; and applied in Noye v Robbins [2010] WASCA 83 at [313], [332]–[338] per Owen JA; Buss JA agreeing at [382]. See also Lenthall v Hillson [1933] SASR 3 at 36; Dyktynski v BHP Titanium Minerals Pty Ltd (2004) 60 NSWLR 203 at [80].
12.
Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 at [102]–[105], [161]–[165].
13.
Wentworth v Rogers [2002] NSWSC 709 at [36].
14.
Trevorrow v State of South Australia (No 7) [2008] SASC 5 at [17] (emphasis in original); see [7]–[16]. Cited with apparent approval in The Physiotherapy Board of SA v Heywood-Smith (2008) 101 SASR 573 at [56] per Gray and Layton JJ; Kelly J agreeing at [59].
15.
Followed in CSR Ltd v Eddy (2008) 70 NSWLR 725 at [44]–[45].
Wentworth v Rogers [2002] NSWSC 709 at [90]–[91]; see also [70]–[77], [88], [89].
25.
Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 at [63], [64] per Santow JA; [199], [200] per Basten JA.
26.
Ibid at [38], [52], [60]–[64] per Santow JA; [130]–[132] per Basten JA. See also Wentworth v Rogers [1999] NSWCA 403 at [54]–[56]; Graham v Aluma-Lite Pty Ltd (unreported, NSWCA, 25 March 1997) at 11 per Priestley JA.
27.
Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 at [132] per Basten JA.
28.
Ibid at [39] per Santow JA.
29.
Ibid at [39]–[41]. On the difference between a costs agreement and a retainer see Wentworth v Rogers [2002] NSWSC 709 at [18].
30.
Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 at [159]–[160] per Basten JA. Hislop J did not express an opinion on this issue: at [216].
31.
Ibid at [146]–[147]. Basten JA's position was preferred and applied in Najem v Maatouk [2010] NSWSC 20 at [63]–[64]. See also DCL Constructions Pty Limited v Di Lizio [2007] NSWSC 1180 at [22]–[24].
32.
Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 at [32].
33.
Wentworth v Rogers [2002] NSWSC 709 at [28]. But see Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 at [152] per Basten JA.
34.
Wentworth v Rogers [1999] NSWCA 403 at [57]; Cachia v Hanes (1994) 179 CLR 403.
35.
UCPR, r 7.35.
36.
Wentworth v Rogers [2002] NSWSC 709 at [90]–[91].
37.
For sample clauses and other information on developing and implementing pro bono programs, see NPBRC, The Australian Pro Bono Manual (2005) <nationalprobono.org.au/probonomanual> at 11 June 2010.
COAG asked for public comment on the draft legislation, which is available at <ag.gov.au/legalprofession> at 28 May 2011. The consultation period ended on 13 August 2010.
