The Owners - Strata Plan No 95242 v Karimbla Properties (No 42) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2025] NSWSC 148

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Owners - Strata Plan No 95242 v Karimbla Properties (No 42) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2025] NSWSC 148 Hearing dates: On the papers; written submissions 24, 25 February and 3 March 2025 Decision date: 05 March 2025 Jurisdiction: Equity - Technology and Construction List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Fix costs thrown away, or refer question of costs to a costs assessor on the basis that costs of the reference will follow the event of whether a party does better than the fixed costs figures proposed Catchwords: COSTS – costs assessment – procedure – where plaintiff to pay defendants' costs thrown away Cases Cited: Edelman v Badower [2010] VSC 427 The Owners - Strata Plan No 95242 v Karimbla Properties (No 42) Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 1625 Ziliotto v Dr Hakim (No. 2) [2012] NSWSC 1079 Category: Costs Parties: The Owners - Strata Plan No 95242 (Plaintiff) Karimbla Properties (No 42) Pty Limited (First Defendant) Karimbla Constructions Services (NSW) Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Guardian Protection Services (Aust) Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) Plumb Group Pty Limited (Fourth Defendant) Saba Bros. Tiling Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: F Corsaro SC (Plaintiff) G Sirtes SC (First and Second Defendants) S T Hanscomb (Fourth Defendant)

Solicitors: Chambers Russell Lawyers (Plaintiff) Meriton Property Services Pty Ltd (First and Second Defendants) Katerina Mihail Solicitor (Third Defendant) Kydon Segal Lawyers (Fourth Defendant) Meridian Legal (Fifth Defendant) File Number(s): 2023/128827