Lowe v Pascoe (No 14) [2022] NSWSC 1591

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lowe v Pascoe (No 14) [2022] NSWSC 1591 Hearing dates: On the papers (Written submissions received 14, 27, 28 April 2022; 5, 10 May 2022; 19 September 2022; 10, 11, 18 October 2022) Date of orders: 22 November 2022 Decision date: 22 November 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Emmett AJA Decision: Order that there be no order as to costs in proceedings number 2005/266284 and proceedings number 2017/325815 Catchwords: COSTS — partnership proceedings – departure from usual rule that costs follow the event – costs of Inquiry commissioned to determine partners' entitlement to misappropriated partnership funds – costs of related proceedings brought by certain partners to establish entitlement to misappropriated partnership funds – departure from usual rule in Inquiry proceedings on the basis that no party enjoyed "success" therein – departure from usual rule in related proceedings given limited success on establishing entitlement to misappropriated partnership funds – no general issue of principle Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Partnership Act 1892 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bostik Australia Pty Ltd v Liddiard (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 304 Brinsmead v Harrison (1872) LR 7 CP 547 Cummings v Lewis (1993) 41 FCR 559 Doppstadt Australia Pty Ltd v Lovick & Son Developments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 219 Elite Protective Personnel Pty Ltd v Salmon (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 373 Gulic v O'Neill [2011] NSWCA 361 Hughes v Western Australian Cricket Association (Inc) (1986) ATPR 40-748 In the Matter of the Transfer of Land Act 1890; Ex parte the Equity Trustees Executors and Agency Co Ltd and O'Halloran [1911] VLR 197 Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 Lowe v Pascoe (No 9) [2021] NSWSC 163 Lowe v Pascoe (No 10) [2021] NSWSC 1232 Lowe v Pascoe (No 11) [2021] NSWSC 1375 Lowe v Pascoe (No 12) [2021] NSWSC 1576 Lowe v Pascoe (No 13) [2022] NSWSC 320 Maxwell v Maxwell [2022] NSWSC 1146 Nau v Kemp & Associates (2010) 77 NSWLR 687; [2010] NSWCA 164 New South Wales v Stanley [2007] NSWCA 330 Northern Territory v Sangare (2019) 265 CLR 164 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Spottiswoode's Case (1855) 6 De GM & G 345; 43 ER 1271 Sze Tu v Lowe (2014) 89 NSWLR 317; [2014] NSWCA 462 Texts Cited: GE Dal Pont, Law of Succession (LexisNexis Butterworths, 3rd ed, 2021) Category: Costs Parties: Proceedings 2005/262284 Geoffrey Alan Lowe (First Plaintiff) Mary Lowe (Second Plaintiff) Scott Pascoe as Trustee of the Estate of the late Kut Sze Tu (First Defendant) Margaret Sze Tu (Second Defendant) Helen Sze Tu (Third Defendant) Janet McNamara (Fourth Defendant) Shiu Shing (Sunly) Sze Tu (Fifth Defendant) Shie How (Gordon) Sze Tu (Sixth Defendant) Shiu Shing (Sunly) Sze Tu as Administrator of the Estate of the late FC Chow (Seventh Defendant)