BGC Securities (Australia) Pty Limited v Shillington (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 807

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: BGC Securities (Australia) Pty Limited v Shillington (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 807 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 17 June 2022 Decision date: 17 June 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Henry J Decision: Plaintiff to pay the defendant's reasonable costs of compliance with orders for preliminary discovery. Each party to bear their own costs of the preliminary discovery application without prejudice to right to vary orders in any subsequent proceedings. Catchwords: COSTS – costs of an application for preliminary discovery – where applicant for preliminary discovery successful on some but not all categories for discovery – whether applicant should pay defendant's costs of preliminary discovery application in addition to costs of compliance with orders Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ainsworth & Anor v Stapleton Johnson & Partners [2020] NSWSC 252 Airways Corporation of New Zealand & Anor v The Present Partners of Pricewaterhouse Coopers Legal & Anor [2002] NSWSC 521 Arnaout v Arnaout [2019] NSWSC 565 Equiti Capital Limited v Hewson [2015] NSWSC 1388 Gooley & Ors v Breda Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 1505Arnaout v Arnaout [2019] NSWSC 565 Guest v Guest (No 2) [2016] VSC 76 O'Connor v O'Connor [2018] NSWCA 214 Procter v Kalivis (No 3) [2010] FCA 1194 Renton v Kelly [2018] NSWSC 1377 St George Bank Ltd v Rabo Australia Ltd [2004] FCA 1360 Category: Costs Parties: BGC Securities (Australia) Pty Limited (Plaintiff) James Robert Shillington (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Fernon with V Bosnjak (Plaintiff) Y Shariff with T Kane (Defendant)