Wenkart v Pantzer (No 3) [2010] FCA 1423

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Wenkart v Pantzer (No 3) [2010] FCA 1423 Citation: Wenkart v Pantzer (No 3) [2010] FCA 1423

Parties: THOMAS RICHARD WENKART v WARREN PANTZER AS FORMER TRUSTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS RICHARD WENKART AND HAPDAY HOLDINGS PTY LTD (ACN 001 185 253), MACQAURIE HEALTH CORPORATION LIMITED (ACN 003 531 860) AND THROVENA PTY LIMITED (ACN 001 738 763); WARREN PANTZER AS FORMER TRUSTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS RICHARD WENKART v THOMAS RICHARD WENKART AND HAPDAY HOLDINGS PTY LTD (ACN 001 185 253)

File number: NSD 7051 of 2002

Judge: FLICK J

Date of judgment: 17 December 2010

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – costs– fixing costs in a "gross sum" – desirability of making an order – absence of evidence as to the "gross sum" to be ordered

Legislation: Federal Court Rules (Cth), Order 62 rr 4(2)(c), 46

Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Boral Ltd [2007] FCA 14, cited Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (1995) 57 FCR 119, considered Eat Media Pty Ltd v Mulready Media Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 392, 267 ALR 573, cited Playcorp Group of Companies Pty Ltd v Peter Bodum A/S (No 2) [2010] FCA 455, cited Seven Network Ltd v News Ltd [2007] FCA 2059, considered Sony Entertainment (Australia) Pty Ltd v Smith [2005] FCA 228, 215 ALR 788, cited Wenkart v Pantzer (No 8) [2004] FCA 280, cited In the matter of Thomas Richard Wenkart, Wenkart v Pantzer [2007] FCA 1589, cited Wenkart v Pantzer [2009] FCA 1086, cited Wenkart v Pantzer [2010] FCA 866, 269 ALR 641, cited Wenkart v Pantzer (No 2) [2010] FCA 1408, cited