Pages Property Investments Pty Ltd v Attila Boros & Ors [2020] NSWSC 1474

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Pages Property Investments Pty Ltd v Attila Boros & Ors [2020] NSWSC 1474 Hearing dates: Orders on the papers, last submissions 20 October 2020. Date of orders: 23 October 2020 Decision date: 23 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity - Corporations List Before: Black J Decision: Judgment for Plaintiff against First Defendant in the amount of $2,538,656. Judgment for Plaintiff against Second Defendant in the amount of $2,617,085. First and Second Defendant pay 60% of Plaintiff's costs as agreed or assessed, and reasonable costs of engaging expert. Catchwords: COSTS – Basis of quantification – Judgment for Plaintiff – Plaintiff ran number of unsuccessful claims – Whether costs awarded to Plaintiff reduced to reflect number of unsuccessful claims. Cases Cited: - Bostik Australia Pty Ltd v Liddiard (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 304 - Hughes v Western Australian Cricket Association (Inc) (1986) ATPR 40-748 - Pages Property Investments Pty Ltd v Attila Boros & Ors [2020] NSWSC 1270 - Short v Crawley (No 4) [2008] NSWSC 1302 Category: Costs Parties: Pages Property Investments Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Attila Boros (First Defendant) Pages Equipment Holdings Pty Ltd (prov liq apptd) (Second Defendant) Pages Sales Pty Ltd (prov liq apptd) (Fifth Defendant) Phire Pty Ltd (prov liq apptd) (Sixth Defendant) Pages Austructures Pty Ltd (Seventh Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M White/R Gration (Plaintiff)