History
I operated a small a one man Co/PTY business, a large client refuse to pay their account. I took it to the small claims tribunal so the company filed a cross claim taking it over the limit for a tribunal and into the general court. To achieve this they had to make false claims this was demonstrated during the hearings (3). The end result, after a very large legal bill, was they lost, they had to pay what they owed and they had to pay 95% indemnity costs (subject to agreement and or assessment). It went to an accessor who stripped $120K from the costs the other side had to pay.
Questions
1 the result suggests my solicitor over charged me, can I recover any of the excess.
2 The title was 'The large company verses me', how can they cross claim me when they were dealing with my company, This had an effect on the tax I had to pay, it appears the legal payments from the company has been treated as payment to me and I had to pay tax on that.
3 If they can make the claim against me personally, can I take a claim against their primary witness who was making all the false claims.
I operated a small a one man Co/PTY business, a large client refuse to pay their account. I took it to the small claims tribunal so the company filed a cross claim taking it over the limit for a tribunal and into the general court. To achieve this they had to make false claims this was demonstrated during the hearings (3). The end result, after a very large legal bill, was they lost, they had to pay what they owed and they had to pay 95% indemnity costs (subject to agreement and or assessment). It went to an accessor who stripped $120K from the costs the other side had to pay.
Questions
1 the result suggests my solicitor over charged me, can I recover any of the excess.
2 The title was 'The large company verses me', how can they cross claim me when they were dealing with my company, This had an effect on the tax I had to pay, it appears the legal payments from the company has been treated as payment to me and I had to pay tax on that.
3 If they can make the claim against me personally, can I take a claim against their primary witness who was making all the false claims.