Alam v Giampietro trading as Legal & Company Solicitors [2023] NSWDC 454

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Alam v Giampietro trading as Legal & Company Solicitors [2023] NSWDC 454 Hearing dates: 12 October 2023 Date of orders: 27 October 2023 Decision date: 27 October 2023 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Waugh SC DCJ Decision: (1) The plaintiffs are to pay the second defendant's costs of the proceeding. (2) The plaintiffs are to pay the first and second defendant's costs of the applications and hearings before me. (3) The motions filed by the second defendant on 30 May and the third plaintiff on 17 July 2023 are otherwise dismissed. (4) The exhibits may be returned. Catchwords: COSTS – Party/Party – Orders when proceedings involve multiple parties – Bullock and Sanderson orders Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 s98 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Alam v Giampietro [2020] NSWDC 471 Bullock v London General Omnibus Company [1907] 1 KB 264 Council of the City of Liverpool v Turano (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 176 Dominello v Dominello; Dominello v The Nominal Defendant [No 2] [2009] NSWCA 257 Gould v Vaggelas [1985] HCA 75 ; 157 CLR 215 Johnsons Tyne Foundry Pty Ltd v Maffra Corporation (1948) 77 CLR 544 National Transport Insurance by its Manager NTI Ltd v Zhang (2016) NSWLR 561 Northern Territory v Sangare (2019) 265 CLR 164 Royal v El Ali (No 3) [2016] FCA 1573 Sanderson v Blyth Theatre Company [1903] 2 KB 533 Sze Tu v Lowe [2015] NSWCA 91 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Costs Parties: Muhammad Mahmud Alam (First Plaintiff) Saqiba Sattar (Second Plaintiff) Tamara Jayne Goodwin (Third Plaintiff) Leonardo Giampietro trading as Legal & Company Solicitors (First Defendant) Quang Nguyen (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr D Yazdani (First Plaintiff) Mr P Bates (Second Plaintiff) Mr A Katsoulas (Third Plaintiff) Mr B Alder, Solicitor (First Defendant) Mr R Carey (Second Defendant)