Bolitho v Banksia Securities Ltd (No 18) (remitter) [2021] VSC 666
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE–Paramount duty to court and overarching obligations –
Group proceeding –Litigation funder, counsel,solicitor/law firm and expert witness –
Fraudulent scheme to obtain grossly inflated legal costs and litigation funding commission
from settlement payment –Repeated contraventions of duty and obligations –Where
conduct corrupted the proper administration of justice –Content of paramount duty –Where
solicitor on record played only a post-box role –Where targeted destruction of documents
discovered–Civil Procedure Act 2010(Vic) ss10, 16–19, 21, 24.
Summary of Judgement
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Full Judgement
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Re-published: 8 May 2022
Best regards,
David James Connolly