Engadine Medical Imaging Services Pty Ltd as trustee for the Engadine Unit Trust v Mena Ibrahim (No 2) [2025] NSWSC 126

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Engadine Medical Imaging Services Pty Ltd as trustee for the Engadine Unit Trust v Mena Ibrahim (No 2) [2025] NSWSC 126 Hearing dates: 13 February 2025 Date of orders: 28 February 2025 Decision date: 28 February 2025 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: McGrath J Decision: Order dispensing with the requirements for the defendants to file a notice of motion in the application to vary a prior costs order and order for the plaintiffs to pay the costs of the defendants on an indemnity basis arising from the expiry of a Calderbank offer. Catchwords: COSTS — party/party — application for indemnity costs — whether conduct of litigation by plaintiffs unreasonable or delinquent — Calderbank offer — whether unreasonable for unsuccessful party not to accept offer CIVIL PROCEDURE — time — where applicants seek variation to costs orders entered — where no notice of motion to vary the costs orders was filed within 14 days of orders being entered as required by r 36.16(3A) UCPR — where applicants notified both court and other parties of motion in writing within time — where applicants proceeded to file notice of motion out of time — whether appropriate for court to dispense with prescribing form of notice for motion Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) ss 10, 14, 56, 98 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 1.12, 4.10, 18.1, 18.2, 36.15, 36.16, 42.1, 42.2, 42.4, 42.5, 42.15A Cases Cited: Abdi v Abdi (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 582 Anderson v Canaccord Genuity Financial Ltd (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 649 AT v Commissioner of Police (NSW) (No 2) [2010] NSWCA 337 Bailey v Marinoff (1971) 125 CLR 529; [1971] HCA 49 Bluth v Boyded Industries Pty Ltd (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 194 Burrell v R (2008) 238 CLR 218; [2008] HCA 34 Cabport Pty Ltd v Marinchek (No 2) [2013] NSWCA 131 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Cappello v HomeBuilding Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 109 Coalroc Contractors Pty Ltd v Matinca [2023] NSWCA 83 Coastwide Fabrication & Erection Pty Ltd v Honeysett (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 291 Commonwealth of Australia v Gretton [2008] NSWCA 117 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Meredith (No 2) (2008) 75 NSWLR 462; [2008] NSWCA 133 Diver v Neal [2009] NSWCA 115 DJL v Central Authority (2000) 201 CLR 226; [2000] HCA 17 Engadine Medical Imaging Services Pty Ltd as trustee for the Engadine Unit Trust v Mena Ibrahim [2024] NSWSC 1399 Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 397; [1988] FCA 364 Ghougassian v Fairfax Community Newspapers Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 307 Habib v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No 2) [2010] NSWCA 291 Hancock v Arnold (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 19 Ingot Capital Investments Pty Ltd v Macquarie Equity Capital Markets Ltd (No 7) [2008] NSWSC 199 Kable v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 361 Kekatos v Stafford [2009] NSWCA 219 Malouf v Prince (No 2) [2010] NSWCA 51 Mead v Watson [2005] NSWCA 133 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 Odlum v Friend (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 252 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72; [1998] HCA 11 Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Refrigerated Roadways Pty Ltd (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 336 Rodi v Gelonesi [2016] NSWCA 348 SMEC Testing Services Pty Ltd v Campbelltown City Council [2000] NSWCA 323 Wentworth v Rogers (No 5) (1986) 6 NSWLR 534 Whitney v Dream Developments (2013) 84 NSWLR 311; [2013] NSWCA 188 Category: Costs Parties: Engadine Medical Imaging Services Pty Ltd ATF the Engadine Unit Trust (First Plaintiff/Respondent) Ali Kyatt (Second Plaintiff/Respondent) Advanced Imaging Pty Ltd ATF the Kyatt Family Trust (Third Plaintiff/Respondent) Mena Ibrahim (First Defendant/Applicant) Engadine Medical Imaging Pty Ltd (Second Defendant/Applicant) Nabeel Chaudhry (Third Defendant/Applicant) Warilla Diagnostic Imaging Pty Ltd ATF Warilla Diagnostic Image Trust trading as Focus Radiology (Fourth Defendant/Applicant) Focus Radiology Dapto Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant/Applicant) Focus Radiology Warrawong Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant/Applicant) Dapto Imaging Pty Ltd ATF the Dapto Medical Imaging Unit Trust (Seventh Defendant/Applicant) Warrawong Imaging Pty Ltd ATF the Warrawong Medical Imaging Unit Trust (Eighth Defendant/Applicant) Representation: Counsel: M Klooster (Plaintiffs/Respondents) M Collins (First, Second, Seventh and Eighth Defendants/Applicants) G Sirtes SC and F Di Lizia (Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Defendants/Applicants)