Our client approached us in July 2022 after being charged around $564,000 in legal fees for his liquidation, defamation and family law matters. The law firm had incorrectly filed debt recovery proceeding against our client (which was later dismissed), seeking payment of outstanding/ unpaid costs of $300,098.87. We immediately filed a summons for taxation in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Costs Court, seeking an assessment of the total costs charged by the law firm. After attending mediation and months of negotiations, we were able to get a result where our client only had to pay $120,000 instead of the $300,098.87 originally charged. Thus, representing savings of over $180,000 to our client.