Eppinga v Kalil & Anor (No 2) [2022] NSWDC 591

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Eppinga v Kalil & Anor (No 2) [2022] NSWDC 591 Hearing dates: 30 November 2022 Date of orders: 02 December 2022 Decision date: 02 December 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) The plaintiffs are to pay the costs of the defendants for the proceedings 2019/00045573 to the date of discontinuance and in relation to the parties' applications in relation to costs, such costs to be paid on an indemnity basis. Catchwords: COSTS - plaintiffs discontinue proceedings for defamation in the course of lengthy interlocutory argument as to the particulars of the defence - plaintiffs seek costs of their challenges to the particulars despite having discontinued - defendants seek costs on an indemnity basis - costs of discontinuing under UCPR rr 42.19 and 42.20 - defendants entitled to costs orders in their favour - whether costs on an indemnity basis should be ordered - no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 98 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), ss 40, 42 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 42.7, 42.19 and 42.20 Cases Cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Chau Chak Wing [2019] FCAFC 125 Australiawide Airlines Ltd v Aspirion Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 365 Bell Lawyers Pty Ltd v Pentelow (2019) 269 CLR 333; [2019] HCA 29 Buckeridge v Walter [2006] WASCA 22 Cretazzo v Lombardi [1975] 13 SASR 1 Defteros v Google Inc LLC & Anor (Costs) [2017] 189 Eppinga v Kalil & Anor [2021] NSWDC 549 Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd (2005) 219 CLR 165; [2005] HCA 52 Fogarty v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2013] WASC 477 Fordyce v Fordham & Anor [2006] NSWCA 274 Foukkare v Angreb Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 335 Gray v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2007] WASC 274 Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 397 Heytsbury Holdings Pty Ltd v City of Subiaco (1998) 19 WAR 440 Investments Commission v Diploma Group Limited (No 3) [2017] FCA 891 Kalil v Eppinga [2020] NSWDC 407 Khalil v Ball as liquidator of Diamondwish Pty Ltd (in liq) and related matters [2022] NSWCA 161 Kingsfield Holdings Pty Ltd v Sullivan Commercial Pty Ltd [2013] WASC 347 Korolak v Bauer Media Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2016] NSWDC 115 Lahoud v Lahoud [2006] NSWSC 126 MacDonald v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2014] NSWSC 1472 Massoud v Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Massoud v Fox Sports Australia Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCA 150 Muriniti v Kalil [2021] NSWCA 81 Muriniti v Kalil [2022] NSWCA 109 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Packer v Meagher [1984] 3 NSWLR 486 Palmer v Gold Coast Newspapers Pty Ltd [2013] QSC 352 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1980) 147 CLR 35; [1980] HCA 41 Ralph Lauren 57 Pty Ltd v Byron Shire Council [2014] NSWCA 107 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs: Ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 Rivkin v John Fairfax Publications P/L [2004] NSWSC 671 Roache v News Group Newspapers [1998] EMLR 161 Rush v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No 7) [2019] FCA 496 Saraceni v Mentha [2013] WASC 95 TW and Associates Pty Limited & Ors v Ireland & Ors [2000] NSWSC 1185 Walter v Buckeridge [2013] WASC 313 Walter v Buckeridge (No 4) [2011] WASC 313 Wollongong City Council v Papadopoulos [2019] NSWCA 178 Zollo v The Commissioner for Consumer Affairs [2020] SASCFC 118 Category: Costs Parties: Mahmoud Kalil (First Plaintiff) Kylie Eather (Second Plaintiff) Ellie Rose Eppinga (First Defendant) Lisa Milham (Second Defendant) Representation: Solicitors: Rostron Carlyle Rojas Lawyers (First and Second Plaintiffs) L.C. Muriniti & Associates (First and Second Defendants) File Number(s): 2019/00045573 Publication restriction: Nil