Matthew Jones KC and Sean Russell appeared for the Second Respondent, instructed by Cooper Grace Ward.
Matthew Jones KC and Sean Russell successfully defended a first instance decision, in which Mr Russell appeared unled, to award receivers the entirety of the remuneration claimed. The separate reasons of Bond JA give careful consideration to recent High Court authority on the correct standard of appellate review in matters involving an evaluative judgment by the application of a legal criterion.
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