Damirdjian, A v Nominal Defendant & Zaya; Damirdjian, C v Nominal Defendant & Zaya [2022] NSWDC 52

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Damirdjian, A v Nominal Defendant & Zaya; Damirdjian, C v Nominal Defendant & Zaya [2022] NSWDC 52 Hearing dates: 11 & 25 February 2022 Last written submissions 3 March 2022 Date of orders: 11 March 2022 Decision date: 11 March 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Judge Levy SC Decision: See paragraphs [77] to [79] for orders. Catchwords: COSTS – determination of appropriate costs orders where plaintiffs failed in their claims against Nominal Defendant and succeeded against the second defendant owner of the vehicle found to be at fault in a motor vehicle accident – whether Sanderson or Bullock orders are justified Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 58(2), s 98 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (NSW), s 2(1)(c) Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), s 34(1), s 112(1) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 20.26, r 42.1 Cases Cited: Armin Damirdjian v Nominal Defendant & Zaya [2021] NSWDC 703 Bullock v London General Omnibus Co [1907] KB 264 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 AER 333 Coombes v Roads and Traffic Authority (NSW) (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 70 Damirdjian, C v Nominal Defendant & Zaya [2021] [2021] NSWDC 706 Gray v Richards [2014] HCA 40 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Northern Territory v Sangare [2019] HCA 25 Oshlack v Richmond River Council [1998] HCA 11; 193 CLR 72 Sanderson v Blyth Theatre Company [1903] 2 KB 533 Vaccaro v MLC Limited [2016] NSWDC 85 Wright v Apthorpe [2020] NSWCA 300 Category: Costs Parties: Armin Damirdjian and Christina Araks Damirdjian (Plaintiffs) The Nominal Defendant (First defendant) Sam Zaya (Second defendant from 14 September 2020) Representation: Counsel: Mr P Menzies QC with Mr A Parker (Plaintiffs) Mr J Turnbull SC (First defendant) Mr W Fitzsimmons SC (Second defendant)