Yu v Wei (No 3) [2021] NSWDC 818

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Yu v Wei (No 3) [2021] NSWDC 818 Hearing dates: 11 February 2021 Date of orders: 12 February 2021 Decision date: 12 February 2021 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: No order as to the costs of the first defendant in the proceedings. Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — General rule that costs follow the event — Application of the rule and discretion - Orders when proceedings involve multiple parties – Parties with same interests Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 98 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 42.1 Cases Cited: Arian v Nguyen (2001) 33 MVR 37; [2001] NSWCA 5 Bamco Villa Pty Ltd v Montedeen Pty Ltd (Unreported, Supreme Court of Victoria, 16 March 1998, Hansen J) Brimaud v Boston Securities Entertainment Investments Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 1392 David Weiping Chen v Kim Man Chan (No 2) [2009] VSCA 233 Grant v John Grant & Sons Pty Ltd (1954) 91 CLR 112 Interchase Corp Ltd v ACN 010 087 573 Pty Ltd [2000] QSC 013 King Network Group Pty Ltd v Club of the Clubs Pty Ltd (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 204 Tomanovic v Global Mortgage Equity Corporation Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 256 Waterman v Gerling (Costs) [2005] NSWSC 1111 Yu v Wei [2020] NSWDC 647 Category: Costs Parties: Guo Jun Yu (plaintiff) Park Zuliang Wei (first defendant) Top Pacific Group Pty Ltd (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr A J Macauley (plaintiff) Mr F Santisi (first defendant)