Burdel Investments Pty Ltd v Burchett [2001] NSWSC 600

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Burdel Investments Pty Ltd v Burchett [2001] NSWSC 600 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5097/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 10 November 2000 & 20 February 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 July 2001

PARTIES : Burdel Investments Pty Limited (P) Simon Burchett (D) JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J

COUNSEL : P T Taylor & D R Stack (P) A J Bannon SC (D) SOLICITORS : Hickson Wisewoulds (P) Allen Allen & Hemsley (D) CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE [117] - Practice under Supreme Court Rules - Reference by Court to referee - Powers of Court in relation to report - Whether report ought be adopted when subject matter of proceedings resolved between delivery of report and hearing of motion for adoption - PROCEDURE [553] - Costs - Costs of whole action - Generally - Where action settled - Usual rule - Whether usual rule should be departed from - Whether plaintiff should be regarded as successful. LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act 1987 ss 42 & 68 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Part 72 rr 2(1), 11 & 13 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1982) 149 CLR 337 DCT v Bowen [1999] NSWSC 881 CASES CITED : Nine Network Pty Ltd v Kennedy Miller Television Pty Ltd NSWCA 8 June 1994 unreported Plimer v Roberts (1997) 80 FCR 303 Re The Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 Super Pty Ltd v SJP Formwork (Aust) Pty Ltd (1992) 29 NSWLR 549 DECISION : Application for adoption of referee's report refused. Order that there be no order as to the costs of the proceedings.