Claire Schneider (led by Mr D Roche SC) represented the second respondent, instructed by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.
In summary, this was a costs hearing following a trial where the applicant unsuccessfully alleged that the respondents engaged in conduct that contravened s 46 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth). The Court previously determined that the applicant was to pay the respondents’ standard costs of the proceeding, with such costs to be assessed by the Court on a lump sum basis. This decision concerns the Court’s assessment of those lump sum costs. The Court ultimately ordered the applicant to pay the first and second respondent’s costs in the sum of $16,157,552.72 and $16,245,807.31, respectively.
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