Angius v Salier (No 5) [2023] NSWSC 678

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Angius v Salier (No 5) [2023] NSWSC 678 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 22 June 2023 Decision date: 22 June 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Robb J Decision: The orders of the Court are: (1) Order for more abundant precaution that the first defendant is entitled to be paid the whole of his costs of these proceedings out of the Estate of the late Laura Angius on the indemnity basis. (2) Make no order for the costs of the notice of motion filed by the Receiver on 5 November 2020 with the intent that the parties to the notice of motion and these proceedings who responded to the notice of motion shall bear their own costs. (3) Order that all other costs orders made by the Court in these proceedings are affirmed. (4) Otherwise, make no other costs orders in these proceedings. (5) Grant leave for all parties and the Receiver to make any application necessary or desirable in order to conclude the determination of these proceedings. Catchwords: COSTS — no issue of principle Cases Cited: Angius v Salier [2018] NSWSC 808 Angius v Salier [2019] NSWSC 184 Angius v Salier (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 682 Angius v Salier (No 3) [2020] NSWSC 764 Angius v Salier (No 4) [2020] NSWSC 1171 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; [1997] HCA 6 Category: Costs Parties: Giovanni (known as John) Angius (Plaintiff) Gordon Albert Salier AM (First Defendant) Angius Hotel Investments Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Togumi Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) J & L Angius Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant) Tararba Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant) Angius Investments Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant) Robert Angius (Seventh Defendant) Representation: Counsel: C Birtles (First Defendant) V Culkoff (Seventh Defendant)