Bale v Kimberley Developments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1009

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Bale v Kimberley Developments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1009 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 27 July 2022 Decision date: 27 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Ward CJ in Eq Decision: 1. Subject to order 2, order that the first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth defendants be severally liable to pay the plaintiff's costs of the proceeding on the ordinary basis. 2. Order that each of the parties pays her, his or its own costs of the amended notice of motion dated 20 August 2021. Catchwords: COSTS — Indemnity costs – Party/party costs Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 98 Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Schedule 2 Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW), s 7 Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), s 52 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 6.24, 42.1 Cases Cited: Allplastics Engineering Pty Ltd v Dornoch Ltd [2006] NSWCA 33 Avopiling Pty Ltd v Bosevski (2018) 98 NSWLR 171; [2018] NSWCA 146 Bale v Kimberley Developments Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 820 Bostik Australia Pty Ltd v Liddiard (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 304 Bowen Investments Pty Ltd v Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (No 2) [2008] FCAFC 107 Bullock v London General Omnibus Co [1907] 1 KB 264 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Colgate Palmolive Co v Cussons Pty Ltd (1993) 46 FCR 225; [1993] FCA 801 Commonwealth of Australia v Gretton [2008] NSWCA 117 Corbett Court Pty Ltd v Quasar Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 1423 Council of the City of Liverpool v Turano (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 176 Cretazzo v Lombardi (1975) 13 SASR 4 Dodds Family Investments Pty Ltd (formerly Solar Tint Pty Ltd) v Lane Industries Pty Ltd (1993) 26 IPR 261 Drummond v Drummond [1999] NSWSC 923 Dunstan v Rickwood (No 2) (2007) 38 Fam LR 491; [2007] NSWCA 266 Elite Protective Personnel Pty Ltd v Salmon (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 373 Fexuto Pty Ltd v Bosnjak Holdings Pty Ltd (No 3) (1998) 30 ACSR 20 Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 397; [1988] FCA 202 Golding v Vella (No 2) [2001] NSWSC 731 Hodge v TCN Channel 9 (No 2) [2006] NSWSC 1272 Hooker v Gilling (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 214 Hughes v Western Australian Cricket Association (Inc) (1986) ATPR 40-748; [1986] FCA 511 James v Surf Road Nominees Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 296 Johnson's Tyne Foundry Pty Ltd v Maffra Corp (1948) 77 CLR 544; [1948] HCA 46 King v Hudson [2009] NSWSC 1500 Lackersteen v Jones (No 2) (1988) 93 FLR 442 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; [1990] HCA 59 Lavender View Regency Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council (No 2) [1999] NSWSC 775 Leallee v The Commissioner of the NSW Department of Corrective Services [2009] NSWSC 518 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Lenning v Alexander Proudfoot Co World Headquarters (Court of Appeal (NSW), Kirby P, Priestley and Clarke JJA, 22 April 1991, unrep) LMI Australasia Pty Ltd v Baulderstone Hornibrook Pty Ltd (No 2) [2002] NSWSC 72 Miller v Cameron (1936) 54 CLR 572; [1936] HCA 13 Northern Territory v Sangare (2019) 265 CLR 164; [2019] HCA 25 NRMA Ltd v Morgan (No 3) [1999] NSWSC 768 Ohn v Walton (1995) 36 NSWLR 77 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72; [1998] HCA 11 Owners Strata Plan No 64970 v Austruc Constructions Ltd (in liq) (No 5) [2010] NSWSC 568 Pacific General Securities Ltd v Soliman & Sons Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 724 Permanent Trustee Co Ltd v Keogh [1999] NSWSC 883 Qantas Airways Ltd v AF Liddle Pty Ltd [1981] 2 NSWLR 34 Re Jones; Christmas v Jones [1897] 2 Ch 190 Roache v News Group Newspapers Ltd [1992] TLR 551 Sabah Yazgi v Permanent Custodians Ltd (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 306 Sahab Holdings Pty Ltd v Registrar-General (No 3) [2010] NSWSC 403 Sanderson v Blyth Theatre Co [1903] 2 KB 533 Short v Crawley (No 40) [2008] NSWSC 1302 Standard Commodities Pty Ltd v Societe Socinter Department Centragel (2005) 54 ACSR 496; [2005] NSWSC 493 Stena Rederi Aktiebolag v Austal Ships Sales Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1141 Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee v Gibson (2000) 20 NSWCCR 417; [2000] NSWCA 179 Sved v Council of the Municipality of Woollahra (1998) NSW Conv R 55-842 Sydney City Council v Geftlick [2006] NSWCA 280 Sze Tu v Lowe (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 91 Timms v Clift [1998] 2 Qd R 100 Trade Practices Commission v Nicholas Enterprises Pty Ltd (No 3) (1979) 28 ALR 201 Uniline Australia Ltd v SBriggs Pty Ltd (No 2) (2009) 232 FCR 136; [2009] FCA 920 Warton v Yeo (2015) 15 ASTLR 462; [2015] NSWCA 115 Waterman v Gerling Australia Insurance Company Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] NSWSC 1111 Waters v PC Henderson (Australia) Pty Ltd (Court of Appeal (NSW), Kirby P, Mahoney and Priestley JJA, 6 July 1994, unrep) White Constructions ACT Pty Ltd (in liq) v White [2004] NSWSC 303 Windsurfing International Inc v Petit [1987] 2 NSWLR 196; [1987] AIPC 90-441 Yu v Cao (2015) 91 NSWLR 190; [2015] NSWCA 276 Zhang v Ng [2021] NSWSC 1369 Category: Costs Parties: Françoise Bale (Plaintiff) Kimberley Developments Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Albert Darwiche (Second Defendant) Martin Churchill (Third Defendant) Chyna Schein (Fourth Defendant) Theofanis Trigas (Fifth Defendant) Super Start Batteries Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: DP O'Connor with J McEnaney (Plaintiff) R Perla (1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th Defendants)