Cappello v HomeBuilding Pty Ltd [2022] NSWDC 725

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Cappello v HomeBuilding Pty Ltd [2022] NSWDC 725 Hearing dates: 28 September 2022 Date of orders: 09 December 2022 Decision date: 09 December 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Summons struck out and appeal dismissed. (2) Costs reserved, with liberty to apply. Catchwords: COSTS ASSESSMENT – indemnity principle – appeal from ordered costs determination of the Costs Review Panel Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Uniform Law 2014 (NSW), s 178 Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), ss 317, 319 Cases Cited: Arjunan v Neighbourhood Associates No DP 285853 [2022] NSWSC 691 Bellevarde Constructions Ltd v CPC Energy Pty Ltd (2011) 12 DCLR (NSW) 304 Cappello v Hammond & Simonds NSW Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 1021 Cappello v Hammond & Simonds NSW Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 57 Cappello v Hammond & Simonds NSW Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1199 Cappello v Homebuilding Pty Ltd (formerly known as Hammond & Simonds NSW Pty Ltd) [2021] FCA 981 Cappello v Lyons [2022] NSWDC 258 CSR Limited v Eddy [2008] NSWCA 83 Davies v Taylor (No 2) [1974] AC 225 Enterprise Finance Solutions Pty Ltd v Ciszek [2014] NSWDC 314 Ferella v Stomo [2017] NSWCA 268 Frontier Law Group Pty Ltd v Robert Glenn Barkman [2016] NSWSC 1542 Frumar v The Owners of Strata Plan 36957 [2006] NSWCA 278 Gorczynski v AWM Dickinson & Sons [2005] NSWSC 277 Grundmann v Georgeson [2000] QCA 394 Halliday v SACS Group Pty Ltd [1993] HCA 13; 67 ALJR 678 Homebuilding Pty Ltd v Cappello [2022] FedCFamC2G 576 Nunzio Berardi v Salvatore Russo trading as Russo & Partners [2015] NSWSC 1520 O'Neill v Wilson [2011] QSC 220 Shaw v Yarranova Pty Ltd & Anor [2011] VSCA 55 Sittchichai Laksanabechnarong v F Net Pty Ltd (District Court (NSW), McLoughlin DCJ, 16 September 2011, unrep) Texts Cited: Professor Dal Pont, Law of Costs (3rd ed., 2013, LexisNexis) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiffs: First Plaintiff: Rosario Cappello Second Plaintiff: Maria Capello