Shaw v Niru Construction Pty Ltd & Anor (No.3) [2021] NSWDC 624

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Shaw v Niru Construction Pty Ltd & Anor (No.3) [2021] NSWDC 624 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 18 November 2021 Decision date: 18 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 27 Catchwords: COSTS – multiple defendants – plaintiff successful against company first defendant only – whether plaintiff should pay costs of director second defendant where same legal representatives were retained – application for Sanderson order – application for exemption from statutory cap for costs Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) s 2, Sch 1 cl 6 Cases Cited: Currabubula Holdings Pty Ltd v State Bank of NSW [2000] NSWSC 232 King Network Group Pty Ltd v Club of the Clubs Pty Ltd (No.2) [2009] NSWCA 204 Korner v H Korner & Co Ltd [1951] Ch 10 McCausland v Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd (No.3) [2014] NSWSC 590 Shaw v Niru Construction Pty Ltd & Anor [2021] NSWDC 589 Shaw v Niru Construction Pty Ltd & Anor (No.2) [2021] NSWDC 600 Wardle v Agricultural and Rural Finance Pty Ltd [2012] NSWCA 388 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Costs Parties: Robin Shaw (plaintiff) Niru Construction Pty Ltd (first defendant) Arasaratnam Mahendran (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms E Welsh for the plaintiff Mr A Renshaw for the first and second defendants