Lu v Minter (No 4) [2022] NSWDC 127

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lu v Minter (No 4) [2022] NSWDC 127 Hearing dates: 28 April 2022 Date of orders: 28 April 2022 Decision date: 28 April 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: Order: (1) Defendants' Notice of Motion granted; pursuant to s 98(4)(c) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) the defendants' costs of the proceedings are to be assessed as a specified gross sum in the sum of $49,000. (2) Defendants are to provide a copy of the judgment to the plaintiff at the address for service nominated by her earlier affidavit material, namely [redacted], and the email addresses [redacted]. Catchwords: COSTS - proceedings summarily dismissed - application for a specified gross sum costs order pursuant to s 98(4)(c) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 98 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) ss 56 – 62 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) s 23 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 ("UCPR") rr 4.5 and 42.1 Cases Cited: Aboriginal Group Training (WA) v PEEDAC Pty Ltd [2004] WASC 51 Ahern v Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd (No 2) [2022] NSWCA 39 Bi v Mourad [2010] NSWCA 17 Bobb v Wombat Securities Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 863 Dye v Commonwealth Securities Limited (No 2) [2012] FCA 407 Dyer v Chrysanthou (No 3) (Costs) [2021] FCA 642 Fairfax Radio Network Pty Ltd v Printlane Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2011] NSWDC 121 Griffith v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 142 Hamod v New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 375 In the matter of optimisation Australia Pty Ltd (Costs) [2018] NSWSC 280 James v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2017] NSWCA 84 Jones v Sutton (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 203 Kostov v Zhang; Kostov v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2017] NSWDC 7 Lu v Minter (No.3) (District Court (NSW), 12 August 2021, unrep Matthews v Pigram [2020] NSWDC 526 McGuirk v University of New South Wales [2010] NSWCA 104 Michail v Mount Druitt and Area Community Legal Centre Inc [2015] NSWCA 396 Ritter v Godfrey [1920] 2 KB 47 Sheen v Burke [1993] 1 VR 584 Troiano v Voci [2019] VSC 859 Texts Cited: "Report of the Law Reform Commission on Defamation" (LRC 13, 1971) Brian Walters SC, "Slapping on the Writs", University of NSW Press, 2003 Gatley on Libel and Slander Category: Costs Parties: Plaintiff: Min Lu