In the matter of Century Sunshine Investment (Australia) Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 671

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: In the matter of Century Sunshine Investment (Australia) Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 671 Hearing dates: 23 April 2020 Decision date: 29 May 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity - Corporations List Before: Black J Decision: Orders dismissing certain interlocutory processes; Plaintiff to pay the Second Defendant's costs of the proceedings to date as agreed or as assessed; orders as to filling of application for leave to file amended pleadings. Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — Where proposed amended statement of claim abandons original basis for claims — Whether costs be payable forthwith — Offers of compromise/Calderbank offers — Where not unreasonable to reject offers. Cases Cited: - Rafferty v Time 2000 West Pty Ltd (No 3) [2009] FCA 727 - Re Century Sunshine Investment (Australia) Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 548 - Re FW Projects Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1019 - Re Hillsea Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1309 - Richmond v Ora Gold Ltd [2020] FCA 70 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Joseph Cue Sy (Plaintiff) Century Sunshine Investment (Australia) Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Peter Lin (Second Defendant) Xiaohong Wu (Third Defendant) Ruiying Wu (Fourth Defendant) Yihe Lin (Fifth Defendant) Ting Wei (Sixth Defendant) Xin Kun Lin (Seventh Defendant) Dengyao Lin (Eighth Defendant) Yan Kun Lin (Ninth Defendant) Zhouling Chen (Tenth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: E Peden (Plaintiff) C J Peadon (Second Defendant)