Brady v Mikan (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1320

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Brady v Mikan (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1320 Hearing dates: Written submissions 1, 2 August and 1 September 2022; 13 September 2022 Date of orders: 29 September 2022 Decision date: 29 September 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity - Probate List Before: Kunc J Decision: See paragraph [51] Catchwords: SUCCESSION – Probate and administration – Costs – Where probate issues not the only matters in dispute – Interplay of costs principles where litigation may be attributed to testator, where circumstances warranted investigation and Calderbank offers – Some allocation of costs by reference to issues Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Aukuso v Tahan (No 2) [2018] NSWCA 302 Banks v Goodfellow (1870) LR 5 QB 549 Brady v Mikan [2022] NSWSC 956 Croghan v Blacktown City Council (2019) 100 NSWLR 757; [2019] NSWCA 248 Gray v Hart; Estate of Harris (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1562 King v Hudson [2009] NSWSC 1500 Nominal Defendant v Hawkins [2011] NSWCA 93 Orton v Smith (1873) LR 3 P&D 23 Re Estate late Hazel Ruby Grounds; Page v Sedawie [2005] NSWSC 1311 Re Hodges; Shorter v Hodges (1988) 14 NSWLR 698 Reginald Alfred Becker v Public Trustee of New South Wales [2006] NSWSC 1146 Shorten v Shorten (No 2) [2003] NSWCA 60 Category: Costs Parties: Belinda Brady (First Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant) Vesna Crnjak (Second Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant) Tony Ilijanic (Third Plaintiff/Cross Defendant) John Mikan (Defendant/Cross claimant) Representation: Counsel: