Islam v Australian Securities & Investments Commission [2024] NSWSC 150

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Islam v Australian Securities & Investments Commission [2024] NSWSC 150 Hearing dates: 20 February 2024 Date of orders: 01 March 2024 Decision date: 01 March 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison CJ at CL Decision: Order Mr Islam to pay the first and second defendant's costs assessed as a gross sum of $11,711.50. Catchwords: COSTS – application for indemnity costs or alternatively a gross sum costs order – Offer of Compromise – costs summary – assessment of costs not warranted having regard to the overriding purpose Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 20.26 Cases Cited: Islam v Australian Securities & Investments Commission [2023] NSWSC 1188 Category: Costs Parties: Md Rajibul Islam (Plaintiff) Australian Securities and Investments Commission (1st Defendant) Australian Taxation Office (2nd Defendant) Amit Sharma (3rd Defendant) Md Jobayer Al Rashid (4th Defendant) Shahanur F Chowdhury (5th Defendant) Maisha Samiha (6th Defendant) Afra Anjum Khan (7th defendant) Atif Anowar (8th Defendant) Md Jahangir Islam (9th Defendant) Mohammad Nurul Islam (10th Defendant) Md Shohel (11th Defendant) Nour Abbas (12th Defendant) Ishita Afzana Khan (13th Defendant) Fauzia Nigar (14th Defendant) Tejinder Singh Grewal (15th Defendant) Sultana Akter (16th Defendant) Md Nurul Huda (17th Defendant) Ridwan Rahman Khan Chowdhury (18th Defendant) Md Kamruzzaman (19th Defendant) Mahmud Hossain (20th Defendant) Raihan Karim (21st Defendant) NSW Fair Trading (22nd Defendant) Joydeep Chowdhury Pantha (23rd Defendant) Representation: Solicitors: Australian Government Solicitor (1st and 2nd Defendants) Macquarie Law Group (4th-7th, 13th and 14th Defendants) Carter Newell Lawyers (20th Defendant) Crown Solicitor's Office (22nd Defendant) File Number(s): 2023/152394 Publication restriction: Nil