Knudsen v Kara Kar (No.2) [2000] NSWSC 943

Reported Decision : 52 NSWLR 254

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Knudsen v Kara Kar (No.2) [2000] NSWSC 943 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1150/91 HEARING DATE(S) : 8 September 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 October 2000

Niels Knudsen & Suchindra Knudsen (P) PARTIES : Kara Kar Holdings Pty Ltd (D1) William Yardy (D2) Jennifer Yardy (D3) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

COUNSEL : P Dodson (P) J De Meyrick (D) Koffels (P) SOLICITORS : Harpers (D1) Lincoln Smith & Company (D2-D3) CATCHWORDS : COSTS - costs of re-hearing where plaintiffs succeeded at first hearing, defendants succeeded on appeal and plaintiffs succeeded at re-hearing - meaning of 'costs of the re-hearing' - whether costs order at first hearing was extinguished when Court of Appeal ordered that the matter be remitted for re-hearing - basis for plaintiffs' recovery of interest LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) s 94 Amalgamated Television Services v Marsden [1999] NSWCA 313 Hagan v Waterhouse (1991) 34 NSWLR 308 J T Stratford & Son Ltd v Lindley (No 2) [1969] 3 All ER 1122 CASES CITED : John Pfeiffer Pty Ltd v Rogerson (2000) 74 ALJR 1109 Monaco v Arnedo Pty Ltd (1994) 13 WAR 522 Stewart v McKinley (1885) 11 VLR 802 Tamworth Base Hospital v Durant [2000) NSWCA 209 Wojcic v Incorporated Nominal Defendant (No 2) [1968] VR 533 DECISION : Orders for determination of separate questions, answering of separate questions, and judgments for plaintiffs; defendants to pay interest; defendants to pay plaintiffs' costs of first hearing, appeal and re-hearing, subject to certain allowances.