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Managing Discovery: Discovery of Documents in Federal Courts (ALRC Report 115)
Terms of Reference
List of Participants
List of Recommendations
Executive Summary
1. Introduction to the Inquiry
2. Framework for Reform
3. Data Collection
4. Overview of Discovery Laws
5. Access to Discovery and General Discovery
6. Limited Discovery and Discovery Plans
7. Judicial Case Management and Training
8. Registrars and Referees
9. Costs Orders and Reasonable Fees
10. Pre-trial Oral Examinations
11. Pre-action Protocols and Other Alternatives to Discovery
12. Professional and Ethical Discovery
Appendix 1. List of Submissions
Appendix 2. List of Agencies, Organisations and Individuals Consulted
Appendix 3. List of Abbreviations
Appendix 4. Questionnaire

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12.04.2011

9. Costs Orders and Reasonable Fees

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Summary
Discretion to award costs
Disallowing costs as between parties
Paying discovery costs in advance
Capping discovery costs
Costs as between lawyer and client
Costs must be fair and reasonable

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