Woolf v Brandt (No 3) [2023] NSWDC 215

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Woolf v Brandt (No 3) [2023] NSWDC 215 Hearing dates: 22 June 2023 Date of orders: 23 June 2023 Decision date: 23 June 2023 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Pursuant to s 98(4) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), the plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs of these proceedings in the form of a gross sum costs order in the sum of $13,917.75. (2) Enforcement of order (1) stayed for 28 days from the date of this judgment. (3) Time for any application under UCPR r 36.16 extended to 28 days from the date of this judgment. Catchwords: COSTS – proceedings struck out summarily – application for gross sum costs order and for a partial indemnity costs order – no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 60, 98 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), s 12B Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 36.16, 42.1 Cases Cited: Beoco Ltd v Alfa Laval Co Ltd [1995] QB 137 Cappello v HomeBuilding Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 109 Cappello v Homebuilding Pty Ltd (No.2) [2023] NSWDC 54 Employers Mutual Ltd v Heise (No 3) [2022] NSWSC 1364 Hamod v State of New South Wales (No 13) [2009] NSWSC 756 In the matter of Indoor Climate Technologies Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 356 Murrihy v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 318 Pirovic v Barbieri [2021] NSWSC 1460 Quach v Horvarth [2022] NSWSC 694 Shaw v Yarranova Pty Ltd [2011] VSCA 55 Wallis v Valentine [2002] EWCA Civ 1034; [2003] EMLR 8 Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 Woolf v Brandt [2022] NSWDC 623 Young v Lalic [2006] NSWSC 379 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Costs Parties: Richard Farrell Woolf (plaintiff) Nicholas Brandt (defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr T Smartt (defendant)