Angius v Salier (No 3) [2020] NSWSC 764

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Angius v Salier (No 3) [2020] NSWSC 764 Hearing dates: 12 May 2020 Date of orders: 18 June 2020 Decision date: 18 June 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Ward CJ in Eq Decision: 1. Order that the Plaintiff pay on the ordinary basis the costs of the First Defendant (other than any costs the subject of extant costs orders) and the costs of the Seventh Defendant of the proceedings from 20 November 2019 to date, including any costs thrown away by the vacation of the November 2019 hearing dates and including the costs of these applications. 2. Order that otherwise the First Defendant's costs of the proceedings be paid from the estate of the late Laura Angius on the indemnity basis. Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — payable out of a fund — deceased estate

COSTS — Indemnity costs — where conduct of plaintiff unreasonable — where concern that plaintiff labours under incapacity Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 7.29, 42.7(1), 42.20(1) Cases Cited: Angius v Angius [2018] NSWSC 1772 Angius v Sailer (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 1648 Angius v Salier (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 594 Angius v Salier [2018] NSWSC 808 Angius v Salier [2019] NSWSC 184 Angius v Salier [2019] NSWSC 1854 Angius v Salier [2020] NSWSC 114 Angius v Salter (No 4) [2019] NSWSC 1698 Ashton v Pratt [2013] NSWCA 400 Bitannia Pty Ltd v Parkline Constructions Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 32 BP v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 223 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; [1990] HCA 59 Muhibbah Engineering (M) BHD v Trust Company Ltd [2009] NSWCA 205 Nichols v NFS Agribusiness Pty Ltd (2018) 97 NSWLR 681; [2018] NSWCA 84 Nichols v NFS Agribusiness Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 84 One. Tel Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (2000) 101 FCR 548; [2000] FCA 270 Ralph Lauren 57 Pty Ltd v Byron Shire Council [2014] NSWCA 107; (2014) 199 LGERA 424 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; [1997] HCA 6 Category: Costs Parties: Giovanni (known as John) Angius (Plaintiff) by his tutor, Gerard Basha Gordon Albert Salier (First Defendant) Angius Hotel Investments Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Togumi Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) J & L Angius Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant) Tararba Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant) Angius Investments Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant) Robert Angius (Seventh Defendant) Representation: Counsel: GJ Basha (Plaintiff's tutor) M Wilmott SC with CP Birtles (First Defendant) J Baird (Second to Sixth Defendants) V Culkoff (Seventh Defendant)