Purnell v Tindale (No. 2) [2020] NSWSC 1047

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Purnell v Tindale (No. 2) [2020] NSWSC 1047 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 11 August 2020 Decision date: 11 August 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity - Family Provision List Before: Henry J Decision: See [44]. Catchwords: COSTS – where family provision claim unsuccessful –– whether overall justice of case warrants departure from the usual rule that costs follow the event – where plaintiff has limited financial reserves – where plaintiff found not to be an eligible person and claims not borderline – where undistributed estate available to pay some of the defendant's costs – unsuccessful plaintiff ordered to pay defendant's costs not otherwise paid out of the deceased's undistributed estate Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 98 Succession Act 2006 (NSW), s 99(1) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 42.1, 36.16 Cases Cited: Allplastics Engineering Pty Ltd v Dornock Ltd [2006] NSWCA 33 Chapple v Wilcox (2014) 87 NSWLR 646; [2014] NSWCA 392 Daniels v Hall (No 2) [2014] WASC 272 Jvancich v Kennedy (No 2) [2004] NSWCA 397 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; [1990] HCA 59 McCusker v Rutter [2010] NSWCA 318 McDougall v Rogers; Estate of James Rogers [2006] NSWSC 484 Moussa v Moussa [2006] NSWSC 509 Purnell v Tindale [2020] NSWSC 746 Re Sherborne Estate (No 2) (2005) 65 NSWLR 268; [2005] NSWSC 1003 Singer v Berghouse (1993) 67 ALJR 708; [1993] HCA 35 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Costs Parties: John Inglis Purnell (Plaintiff) Graham Neville Tindale (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: K Morrissey (Plaintiff) R Tregenza (Defendant)