Hazan v The Manager, Costs Assessment [2023] NSWSC 1587

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hazan v The Manager, Costs Assessment [2023] NSWSC 1587 Hearing dates: In chambers Date of orders: 15 December 2023 Decision date: 15 December 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Campbell J Decision: (1) Refuse the second defendant's application for costs. (2) The second defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs in the sum of $163,484.13. (3) The second defendant to pay the third defendant's costs in the sum of $33,677.60. Catchwords: COSTS — review of decision by manger, costs assessment granting the second defendant an extension of time to bring costs assessment application — whether the manager failed to deal with and consider the substance of the plaintiff's case — consideration of second defendant's change of position — second defendant's unilateral withdrawal of its application for a costs assessment - capitulation — second defendant liable for plaintiffs' costs and Sanderson orders warranted — assessment of costs on a gross sum basis and any discounts Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) ss 76, 83B, 93B, 198 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Cases Cited: Australia Wide Airlines Ltd v Aspirion Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 365 Australiawide Airlines Limited v Aspirion Constructions Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 365 Edwards Madigan Torzillo Briggs Pty Ltd v Stack [2003] NSWCA 302 Great Lakes Shire Council v Dederer (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 336 McNamara v San [2010] NSWSC 809 Nichols v NFS Agribusiness Pty Ltd (2018) 97 NSWLR 681; [2018] NSWCA 84 Re Cabramatta King Tea Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 462 Re Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs; ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; [1997] HCA 6 Sanderson v Blyth Theatre Company Limited [1903] 2 KB 533. Category: Principal judgment Parties: Yves Raphael Hazan (First Plaintiff) Peter Whitehead (Second Plaintiff) Manager, Costs Assessment (First Defendant) Diane Maloney (Second Defendant) Grahame Richardson SC (Third Defendant) Michael Todd (Fourth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Kieran Smark SC with Talitha Fishbrun (Plaintiffs) Philippe Doyle Gray (Second Defendant) Declan Roche (Third Defendant)