Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
ZACD Group Ltd v Bao (Costs) [2023] FCA 1626 File number(s): NSD 604 of 2022
Judgment of: HALLEY J
Date of judgment: 19 December 2023
Catchwords: COSTS – application by defendant for costs of and incidental to case management hearings – where defendant seeks order that Court determine costs on lump sum basis and costs be payable forthwith – where case management hearings concerned dispute arising from defendant's request to inspect a deed of settlement in related proceedings in Supreme Court of New South Wales – orders made that plaintiffs are to pay defendant's costs of and incidental to the case management hearings, costs be determined by a Registrar on a lump sum basis and costs be payable within 28 days of Registrar's determination
Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 20.31, 20.35, 30.28, 40.13
Cases cited: Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (No 2) (1995) 57 FCR 119 Hadid v Lenfest Communications Inc [2000] FCA 628 Harrison v Schipp (2002) 54 NSWLR 738; [2002] NSWCA 213 Richmond v Ora Gold Limited [2020] FCA 70 Sharif v Vitruvian Investments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2023] FCA 619 Watson v Kriticos (Costs of Summary Judgment Application) [2021] FCA 917
Division: General Division
Registry: New South Wales
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Corporations and Corporate Insolvency
Number of paragraphs: 50
Date of last submissions: 3 October 2023 (Defendant) 4 October 2023 (Plaintiffs)
Date of hearing: Determined on the papers
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