Wende v Horwath (NSW) Pty Limited (No 5) [2016] NSWDC 143

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Wende v Horwath (NSW) Pty Limited (No 5) [2016] NSWDC 143 Hearing dates: 28 October 2016 Date of orders: 28 October 2016 Decision date: 28 October 2016 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: (1) Remit the decisions on the questions raised in the application or applications in respect of the assessment of the defendant's costs and the costs of the costs assessment as found in this Court in Wende v Horwath (NSW) Pty Limited [2013] NSWDC 10 and as dealt with in the Court of Appeal in Wende v Horwath (NSW) Pty Limited [2014] NSWCA 170 and Wende v Horwath (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 416 to Ms K M Dulhunty, costs assessor. (2) Order Ms K M Dulhunty to redetermine the application or applications according to law having regard to the reasons of the Court of Appeal in Wende v Horwath (NSW) Pty Limited [2014] NSWCA 170 and Wende v Horwath (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 416. (3) Order in respect of the costs of the proceedings in the District Court since 2 June 2014, being the date of the Court of Appeal decision in Wende v Horwath (NSW) Pty Limited [2014] NSWCA 170, that there be no order as to these costs. Catchwords: APPEALS — Orders on appeal — Remittal Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Act 2004, s 359, s 382, s 384 Cases Cited: Giuseppe Portale v Law Society of New South Wales (No 2) [2010] NSWDC 60 Han v Stephen Paul Firth trading as Firth The Compensation Lawyers [2014] NSWDC 141 Jazairy v Malouf t/as Gerard Malouf & Partners [2005] NSWSC 808 Wende v Horwath (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 416 Wende v Horwath (NSW) Pty Limited [2013] NSWDC 10 Wende v Horwath (NSW) Pty Limited [2014] NSWCA 170 Wende v Horwath (NSW) Pty Limited (No 3) [2015] NSWDC 73 Wende v Horwath (NSW) Pty Ltd (No 4) [2015] NSWDC 158 Category: Costs Parties: Herbert Wende (first plaintiff) Margaret Wende (second plaintiff) Mark Lloyd (third plaintiff) Horwath (NSW) Pty Limited (defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr M Green SC with Mr G E Babe (plaintiffs) Mr S F Hughes (defendant)