Walsh v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1729

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Walsh v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1729 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 03 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Rothman J Decision: The Court makes the following orders: (1) The defendant shall pay the plaintiff's costs of the Motions, ordered to be paid by Harrison AsJ on 4 October 2018, and the costs of the appeal ordered to be paid by Rothman J on 26 June 2020, on the ordinary basis. (2) The costs referred to herein shall be paid forthwith; (3) The defendant shall pay the plaintiff's costs of and incidental to this application for costs forthwith and on an indemnity basis. Catchwords: COSTS – interlocutory proceedings – application may be made at any time before finalisation of proceedings – jurisdiction of the Court – indemnity costs refused – costs ordered to be paid forthwith Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 14, 98 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 36.1, 42.1, 42.5, 42.7 Cases Cited: Autodesk Inc v Dyason (No 2) (1993) 176 CLR 300; [1993] HCA 6 Bailey v Marinoff (1971) 125 CLR 529; [1971] HCA 49 Baltic Shipping Co v Dillon (1991) 22 NSWLR 1; [1991] NSWCA 19 CH Giles & Co v Morris [1972] 1 All ER 1960 Chen v Karandonis [2002] NSWCA 412 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163; [1995] HCA 58 DJL v Central Authority (2000) 201 CLR 226; [2000] HCA 17 Fiduciary Ltd v Morningstar Research Pty Ltd (2002) 55 NSWLR 1; [2002] NSWSC 432 Grierson v The King (1938) 60 CLR 431; [1938] HCA 45 Harrison v Schipp [2001] NSWCA 13 Hartmont v Foster (1881) 8 QBD 82 Hillman v Mayhew (1876) 1 Exch. D. 132 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; [1990] HCA 59 New South Wales Insurance Ministerial Corporation v Edkins (1998) 45 NSWLR 8 Ohn v Walton (1995) 36 NSWLR 77 Oppert v Beaumont (1887) 18 QBD 435 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72; [1998] HCA 11 Postiglione v the Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 State of New South Wales v Walsh [2020] NSWSC 807 Category: Costs Parties: State of New South Wales (Defendant/Appellant) Wendy Walsh (Plaintiff/Respondent) Representation: Counsel: B K Nolan (Defendant/Appellant) J Morris SC/M N Hammond (Plaintiff/Respondent)