Carnavalesca Pty Ltd t/as Paragalli Haulage v Jenkins [2023] NSWDC 159

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Carnavalesca Pty Ltd t/as Paragalli Haulage v Jenkins [2023] NSWDC 159 Hearing dates: 3 April 2023 Date of orders: 17 May 2023 Decision date: 17 May 2023 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Dicker SC DCJ at Queanbeyan (sitting in Sydney) Decision: (1) The Notice of Motion filed on 9 November 2022 is dismissed with no order as to costs. (2) The appeal is dismissed. (3) The plaintiff is to pay the costs of the defendants of the appeal as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: COSTS – costs appeal from Review Panel – costs assessment – whether Review Panel erred in the amount determined to be payable by the plaintiff by not recognising a capping of the assessed costs available – costs in the Small Claims Division of the Local Court – ordered costs – indemnity costs Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015 (NSW) Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) Local Court Rules 2009 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Gadd v Kozlowski t/as Lou Baker and Associates [2022] NSWDC 309 Gazecki v McCabes Lawyers Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 98; (2020) 102 NSWLR 259 Gilmore Finance Pty Ltd v Aesthete No 3 Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 114 NSW Commissioner of Police v Cottle [2022] HCA 7 Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; (1998) 194 CLR 355 Stanley v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2023] HCA 3 SZTAL v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] HCA 34; (2017) 262 CLR 362 Tonab Investments Pty Ltd v Optima Developments Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 287 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Carnavalesca Pty Ltd t/as Paragalli Haulage (Plaintiff) Roderick Charles Jenkins (First Defendant) Julie Daley Jenkins (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: R J Arthur (by AVL) (Plaintiff) R W Notley (Defendants)