Visvalingam Pty Ltd v Vitarag Pty Ltd (No 2) [2022] NSWDC 294

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Visvalingam Pty Ltd v Vitarag Pty Ltd (No 2) [2022] NSWDC 294 Hearing dates: 10, 11 March; 26 (written submissions), 29 April (written submissions); 2 June 2022 Date of orders: 26 July 2022 Decision date: 26 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: Anand Gokani, solicitor for the first defendant, pay the plaintiff's costs of the proceedings on an indemnity basis, including the costs of the motion, incurred on and from the date of the filing of the defence on 16 April 2018. Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — Orders against non-parties — Personal costs orders against lawyers – Costs incurred "without reasonable cause" – Legal services provided "without reasonable prospects of success" – "claim for damages" Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 99 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, s 62, Sch 2 Cases Cited: Degiorgio v Dunn (No 2) (2005) 62 NSWLR 284; [2005] NSWSC 3 Fowler v Toro Constructions Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 178 Keddie v Stacks/Goudkamp Pty Ltd (2012) 293 ALR 764; [2012] NSWCA 254 Lemoto v Able Technical Pty Ltd & 2 Ors (2005) 63 NSWLR 300; [2005] NSWCA 153 Mark Gerard Ireland as Executor of the Estate of the late Charles Stuart Gordon v Sandra Jane Retallack & Ors (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 1096 New South Wales v Robinson (2019) 266 CLR 619; (2019) 374 ALR 687; [2019] HCA 46 Newell; Muriniti v De Costi [2018] NSWCA 49 S v Boulton (2006) 232 ALR 92 Visvalingam Pty Ltd v Vitarag Pty Ltd [2021] NSWDC 364 Yang v Finder Earth Pty Ltd [2019] VSCA 22 Texts Cited: James Edelman, McGregor on damages (21st ed, 2021, Thomson Reuters) Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure NSW Category: Costs Parties: Visvalingam Pty Ltd (plaintiff/applicant) Anand Kantilal Gokani (respondent) Vitarag Pty Ltd (first defendant) Ashish Nanubhai Patel (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr D S Weinberger (plaintiff/applicant) Mr P Silver (10 and 11 March 2022) (respondent)