Wang v Cai (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 1268

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Wang v Cai (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 1268 Hearing dates: 23 September 2021 Date of orders: 8 October 2021 Decision date: 07 October 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Ward CJ in Eq Decision: 1. As to the costs of the plaintiffs' notice of motion filed on 13 April 2021: (i) order that, as between the seventh defendant and the plaintiffs, the costs be costs be costs in the cause; (ii) order that the costs of the second and fifth defendants be those defendants' costs in the cause; and (iii) order that the plaintiffs pay the first, third, fourth and sixth defendants' costs on the ordinary basis. 2. Otherwise there be no order as to the costs of the plaintiffs' notice of motion filed on 13 April 2021, which has now been disposed of. Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — Costs orders in interlocutory proceedings — Circumstances where costs of an interlocutory application payable forthwith Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 98 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 247A Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 42.1, 42.7 Cases Cited: Allstate Life Insurance Co v Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (No 14) (Federal Court of Australia, 18 August 1995, unrep) Australian Agricultural Co Ltd v AMP Life Ltd [2003] FCA 1134 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Rich [2003] NSWSC 297 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Fiduciary Ltd v Morningstar Research Pty Ltd (2002) 55 NSWLR 1; [2002] NSWSC 432 Fiduciary Ltd v Morningstar Research Pty Ltd (2004) 208 ALR 564; [2004] NSWSC 664 Gattelleri v Meagher [1999] NSWSC 1279 Harris v Cigna Insurance Australia Ltd & Dicke (1995) ATPR 41,445 His Eminence Metropolitan Petar, Diocesan Bishop of the Macedonian Orthodox Church of Australia and New Zealand v The Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka Inc (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 142 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; [1990] HCA 59 McKellar v Container Terminal Management Services Ltd [1999] FCA 1639 McNamara Business & Property Law v Kasermidis (No 3) [2006] SASC 262 Megna v Marshall [2005] NSWSC 1326 Nichols v NFS Agribusiness Pty Ltd (2018) 97 NSWLR 681; [2018] NSWCA 84 Northern Territory v Sangare (2019) 265 CLR 164; [2019] HCA 25 Ohn v Walton (1995) 36 NSWLR 77 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72; [1998] HCA 11 Pavlovic v Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2016] NSWCA 31 Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v McAndrew [2008] NSWSC 790 Power Infrastructure Pty Ltd v Downer EDI Engineering Power Pty Ltd (No 2) [2010] FCA 1347 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; Ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; [1997] HCA 6 Renton v Kelly [2018] NSWSC 1377 Ritter v Godfrey [1920] 2 KB 47 Royal Australian Naval Reserve Rifle Club Inc v New South Wales Rifle Association Inc [2010] NSWSC 351 Sayour v Elliott (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 146 Smeaton Hanscomb & Co Ltd v Sasson I Setty, Son & Co (No 2) [1953] 1 WLR 1481 Solarus Products Pty Ltd v Vero Insurance (No 4) [2013] NSWSC 1012 Tugrul v Tarrants Financial Consultants Pty Ltd ACN 086 674 179 (No 5) [2014] NSWSC 437 Wang v Cai [2021] NSWSC 1162 Waterman v Gerling Australia Insurance Co Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] NSWSC 1111 Young v Cooke (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1787 Category: Costs Parties: Xiaobo Wang (First Plaintiff) Haixin Australia Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff) Wan Hao Cai (First Defendant) Yun Xia Fang (Second Defendant) Yi Guang Zhang (Third Defendant) Mayland Australia Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant) Ozjian Trading Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant) Aqua Blu Swimwear Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant) Giant Project Group Pty Ltd (Seventh Defendant) VIP Sale Pty Ltd (Eighth Defendant) Diamond Bay Developments Pty Ltd (Ninth Defendant) PJE918 Pty Ltd (Tenth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: DA Smallbone with A Smythe (Plaintiffs) J Williams SC (1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th Defendants) J Mee (2nd & 5th Defendants) PR Hudson (Solicitor) (7th Defendant)