Urban Fortune Global Ltd v Deicorp Projects (Partridge Ave) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 498

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Urban Fortune Global Ltd v Deicorp Projects (Partridge Ave) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 498 Hearing dates: On the papers, final submission received 26 April 2023 Date of orders: 12 May 2023 Decision date: 12 May 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Expedition List Before: Parker J Decision: See [46] Catchwords: COSTS – party/party costs – rule that costs follow the event – where defendant failed in denial of genuineness of signature on contract but succeeded overall – apportionment Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 98(1) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 42.1 Cases Cited: Adey v Fisher (1914) SR (NSW) 407 Akierman Holdings Pty Limited v Akerman (No 3); In the matter of Akierman Holdings Pty Limited (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 869 Bostik Australia Pty Ltd v Liddiard (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 304 Commonwealth v Gretton [2008] NSWCA 117 Elite Protective Personnel Pty Ltd v Salmon (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 373 Harkins v Butcher (2002) 55 NSWLR 558 Heath v Greenacre Business Park Pty Ltd [2016] NSWCA 34 James v Surf Road Nominees Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 296 Kanjian Holdings No 1 Pty Ltd v Kanjina (No 4) [2021] NSWSC 1390 Parker v McKenna [1874] LR 10 Ch App 96 Re Consort Deep Level Gold Mines Ltd; Ex parte Stark [1897] 1 Ch 575 Rosniak v Government Insurance Office (1997) 41 NSWLR 608 Sabah Yazgi v Permanent Custodians Limited (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 306 Thomson v Eastwood (1877) 2 App Cas 215 Urban Fortune Global Ltd v Deicorp Projects (Partridge Ave) Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1352 Urban Fortune Global Ltd v Deicorp Projects (Partridge Ave) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1703