Chen and others v The Australian Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce Incorporated and Others [2020] NSWSC 1896

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Chen and others v The Australian Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce Incorporated and Others [2020] NSWSC 1896 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 16 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity - Expedition List Before: Sackar J Decision: See para [10] Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — Whether costs should follow the event — Basis of quantification — Whether costs should be paid on an ordinary or indemnity basis — Where defendants' motion seeking dismissal of plaintiffs' claim or permanent stay dismissed — Where no conduct on the part of the plaintiffs that would disentitle them to their costs Cases Cited: Chen & Others v The Australian Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce Incorporated and Others [2020] NSWSC 1719 Texts Cited: n/a Category: Costs Parties: Yan Hong (Amy) Chen (first plaintiff) Jianguo Guo (second plaintiff) APA International Group Pty Ltd (third plaintiff) Ping Cao (fourth plaintiff) Secura Scaffold Services Pty Ltd (fifth plaintiff)

The Australian Shaanxi Chambers of Commerce Incorporated (first defendant) San Chun Zhong (second defendant) Jiaya Dong (third defendant) Wen Wang (fourth defendant) Li Ji (fifth defendant) Tao Zhang (sixth defendant) Chao Zhu (seventh defendant) Shaohui Xie (eighth defendant)

Zhengang Yun (ninth defendant) Daiyong Chen (tenth defendant) Min Pan (eleventh defendant) Lili Ren (thirteenth defendant) Yufei Wang (fourteenth defendant) Weihong Zhao (fifteenth defendant) Jingwen Yao (sixteenth defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Norrie (plaintiffs) S Duggan (second, third and ninth defendants)