Drip World Pty Ltd v Dardy Touring Corp (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 74

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Drip World Pty Ltd v Dardy Touring Corp (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 74 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 12 February 2021 Decision date: 12 February 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Plaintiff to pay second defendant's costs on indemnity basis to but not including 3 December 2020 Catchwords: COSTS – whether costs should follow the event – whether costs should be made on an indemnity basis – whether plaintiff's case as currently pleaded bound to fail - where plaintiff did not exist on date when cause of action alleged to arise - where plaintiff's application to amend to substitute another company as plaintiff refused Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bookarelli Pty Ltd v Katanga Developments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] NSWCA 94 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Chaina v Alvaro Homes Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 353 Drip World Pty Ltd v Dardy Touring Corp [2020] NSWSC 1772 Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 397 at 401; [1988] FCA 202 Harrison v Schipp [2001] NSWCA 13 Hudson Resources Limited v AceA Resources Pte Ltd [2021] NSWSC 41 J-Corps Pty Ltd v Australian Builders Labourers Federated Union of Workers (WA Branch) (No 2) [1993] FCA 70; 46 IR 301 The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd v BGC Contracting Pty Ltd [2007] WASC 257 S Category: Costs Parties: Drip World Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Dardy Touring Corp (First Defendant) William Morris Endeavour Entertainment, LLC (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D F Elliott (Plaintiff) D R Sulan (Second Defendant)