Woods v Woods [2001] NSWSC 1108

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Woods v Woods [2001] NSWSC 1108 revised - 7/03/2002 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1973/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 31 October 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 4 December 2001

Glenn Woods (P1) Marcia Woods (P2) PARTIES : Desre Clair Woods (D1) Richard Lee Woods (D2) Amanda Jane Woods (D3) JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J

COUNSEL : E E Beilby (P1 & 2) Alex Radojev (D1-3) SOLICITORS : Nash Allen Williams & Wotton (P1 & 2) Karageorge & Co (D1-3) CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE [548] - Costs - Jurisdiction - General - Interest - May be ordered on costs in respect of period prior to order for costs even though costs not paid by litigant to solicitor - STATUTES [16], [30] - Acts of Parliament - Interpretation - Rules of construction - Particular rules - Expressum facit cessare tacitum - Expressio unius est exclusio alterius - Caution in application. LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 ss 76(1), 95(1), (3) & (4) Attorney-General (NSW) ex rel Franklins Stores Pty Ltd v Lizelle Pty Ltd [1977] 2 NSWLR 955 Cremona v Roads and Traffic Authority [2000] NSWSC 735 David Grant & Co Pty Limited (Receiver Appointed) v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265 FAI General Insurance Company Limited v Southern Cross Exploration NL (1988) 165 CLR 268 Grogan v Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 1101 Hughes Bros v The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church [1999] NSWSC 1051 Knight v FP Special Assets Ltd (1992) 174 CLR 178 Leon Fink Holdings Pty Ltd v Australian Film Commission (1979) 141 CLR 672 Maronis Holdings Ltd v Nippon Credit Australia Ltd [2001] NSWSC 854 McWilliams Wines Pty Ltd v Liaweena (NSW) Pty Ltd (1993) 32 NSWLR 190 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Perpetual Executors and Trustees Association of Australia Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1948) 77 CLR 1 CASES CITED : R v Wallis; Ex parte Employers Association of Wool Selling Brokers (1949) 78 CLR 529 Refrigerated Express Lines (A/Asia) Pty Ltd v Australia Meat and Live-Stock Corporation (No 2) (1980) 44 FLR 455 South Australian Superannuation Fund Investment Trust v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (1996) 66 SASR 509 Switz Pty Ltd v Glowbind Pty Ltd (2000) 48 NSWLR 661 The Owners of the Ship "Shin Kobe Maru" v Empire Shipping Company Inc (1994) 181 CLR 404 White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd v Flower & Hart (2000) 103 FCR 559 Woods v Woods [1999] NSWSC 275 Woods v Woods [1999] NSWSC 584 Woods v Woods [2000] NSWSC 179 Woods v Woods [2000] NSWSC 851 Woods v Woods [2001] NSWSC 594 Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Legislative Assembly, 22 November 1995, 3767 - 3769 Spigelman, The Hon J J, "The Poet's Rich Resource: Issues in Statutory Interpretation", Address to Government Lawyers' Convention 7 August 2001 DECISION : Interest on costs awarded from time at which first defendant became liable to lawyers for interest.