Chen v Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce [2021] NSWSC 443

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Chen v Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce [2021] NSWSC 443 Hearing dates: 26 April 2021 Decision date: 29 April 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity - Expedition List Before: Sackar J Decision: See para [17] Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — Court's discretion — defendant to pay plaintiff's costs on an indemnity basis Category: Costs Parties: Yanhong (Amy) Chen (first plaintiff) Jianguo Guo (second plaintiff) APA International Group Pty Ltd (third plaintiff) Ping Cao (fourth plaintiff) Secure Scaffold Services Pty Ltd (fifth plaintiff)

The Australian Shannxi Chamber of Commerce Incorporated (first defendant) San Chung Zhong (second defendant) Jiayu 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) Bill Gao (Twenfth defendant) Lili Ren (thirteenth defendant) Yufei Wang (fourteenth defendant) Weihong Zhao (fifteenth defendant) Jingwen Yao (sixteenth defendant) Representation: Counsel: C H Truong QC (plaintiffs) A Bailey (2, 3, 7 & 12th defendants)