Furnish & Finish Pty Ltd v Hollands [2020] NSWSC 1593

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Furnish & Finish Pty Ltd v Hollands [2020] NSWSC 1593 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 11 November 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Ward CJ in Eq Decision: 1. The proceedings be dismissed with no order as to costs. Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — whether an order for costs should be made in relation to discontinued or dismissed proceedings where no hearing on merits Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 98 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 42.19, 42.20 Cases Cited: Australiawide Airlines Ltd v Aspirion Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 365 Chen v Fang [2019] NSWSC 960 Fiduciary Ltd v Morningstar Research Pty Ltd (2004) 60 NSWLR 425; [2004] NSWSC 381 Fordyce v Fordham (2006) 67 NSWLR 497; [2006] NSWCA 274 Freelancer International Pty Ltd v Matthew O'Kane [2019] NSWSC 159 Nichols v NFS Agribusiness Pty Ltd (2018) 97 NSWLR 681; [2018] NSWCA 84 Re the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia; Ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; [1997] HCA 6 Renton v Kelly [2018] NSWSC 1377 Texts Cited: Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure NSW [42.19.5] Category: Costs Parties: Furnish & Finish Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Luci Hollands (First Defendant) Cordony Designs Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M A Karam (Plaintiff) D S Weinberger (Defendants)