Kassam v Hazzard; Henry v Hazzard (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 1599

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Kassam v Hazzard; Henry v Hazzard (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 1599 Hearing dates: 2 December 2021 Date of orders: 10 December 2021 Decision date: 10 December 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones CJ at CL Decision: Proceedings 2021/00249601: (1) The Plaintiffs pay 60% of the costs of the First to Third Defendants; (2) The Plaintiffs pay the costs of the Fourth Defendant, the Commonwealth of Australia; Proceedings 2021/00252587: (1) The plaintiffs pay 60 % of the Defendant's costs. Catchwords: COSTS - unsuccessful proceedings – challenge to public health orders – whether court should otherwise order such that each party pay their own costs – "public interest" litigation – orders differentially affected a class of persons – strength of claims made – crowd funded litigation – capacity of the plaintiffs to meet costs order Legislation Cited: Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015 (Cth) Information Privacy Act 2000 (Vic) Public Health (Additional Restrictions for Delta Outbreak) Order (No 2) 2021 Public Health (COVD-19 General) Order 2021 Public Health Act 2010 Uniform Civil Procedure Rule 42.1 Cases Cited: Barclays Bank Ltd v Quistclose Investments Ltd [1970] AC 567 Caroona Coal Action Group Inc v Coal Mines Australia Pty Limited and Minister for Mineral Resources (No 3) [2010] NSWLEC 59 Council of the Queensland Law Society Inc v Roche [2004] 2 Qd R 574; [2003] QCA 469 Jurecek v Director, Transport Safety Victoria (No 2) [2016] VSC 695 Kassam v Hazard; Henry v Hazzard [2021] NSWSC 1320 Kassam v Hazzard; Henry v Hazzard [2021] NSWCA 299 Law Society of NSW v Foreman (1994) 34 NSWLR 408 Liversidge v Anderson (1942) AC 206 Local Democracy Matters Incorporated v Infrastructure (NSW) (No 2) [2019] NSWCA 118 Loielo v Giles (No 2) [2020] VSC 864 Oshlack v Richmond City Council (1998) 193 CLR 72; [1998] HCA 11 Ruddock v Vadarlis (2001) 115 FCR 229; [2001] FCA 1865 Shalhoub v Buchanan [2004] NSWSC 99 Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474; [2006] NSWCA 145 Category: Costs Parties: Proceedings 2021/249601 Al-Munir Kassam (First Plaintiff) George Nohra (Second Plaintiff) Alexandrea Goundoulas (Third Plaintiff) Jelena Zmiric (Fourth Plaintiff) Bradley Hazzard (First Defendant) Kerry Chant (Second Defendant) State of NSW (Third Defendant) Commonwealth of Australia (Fourth Defendant)