Karacominakis v Big Country Developments Pty Ltd & Ors Big Country Developments Pty Ltd v Chadlace Pty Ltd & Ors J W Wall Investment Co Pty Ltd & Ors v Big Country Developments Pty Ltd & Ors Hollingsworth & Anor v Big Country Developments Pty Ltd & Ors [2001] NSWCA 2

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Karacominakis v Big Country Developments Pty Ltd & Ors Big Country Developments Pty Ltd v Chadlace Pty Ltd & Ors J W Wall Investment Co Pty Ltd & Ors v Big Country Developments Pty Ltd & Ors Hollingsworth & Anor v Big Country Developments Pty Ltd & Ors [2001] NSWCA 2 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40696/97; 40698/97; 40702/97; 40877/97 HEARING DATE(S) : On written submissions JUDGMENT DATE : 5 February 2001

PARTIES : Nicholas Karacominakis - Appellant in 40696/97, Fourth Respondent in 40702/97, Fifth Respondent in 40877/97; Big Country Developments Pty Ltd - First Respondent in 40696/97, Appellant/First Cross-Respondent in 40698/97, First Respondent in 40702/97 & First Respondent in 40877/97; Peter Herman Hesky - Second Cross-Respondent in 40698/97; J W Wall Investment Co Pty Ltd, John William Wall & Cecilia Ellen Wall - Second, Third and Fourth Respondents in 40696/97, First, Second & Third Appellants in 40702/97, Second, Third & Fourth Respondents in 40877/97; Jeffrey Hollingsworth & Gillian Gai Hollingsworth - Fifth & Sixth Respondents in 40696/97, Second & Third Respondents in 40702/97, First & Second Appellants in 40877/97; Chadlace Pty Ltd, Glen Johnston & Karen Schmitz - Seventh, Eighth & Ninth Respondents in 40696/97, First & Second Respondents/Cross Appellants in 40698/97, Fifth, Sixth & Seventh Respondents in 40702/97, Sixth, Seventh & Eighth Respondents in 40877/97. JUDGMENT OF : Handley JA; Stein JA; Giles JA

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Compensation Court LOWER COURT 50306/94 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Bainton J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

G C Lindsay SC & C A Marlow - Nicholas Karacominakis B A Coles QC & P P Strasser - Big Country Developments Pty Ltd & P H Hesky COUNSEL : J C Kelly SC - J W Wall Investment Co Pty Ltd, J W Wall & C E Wall V Stefano - J Hollingsworth & G G Hollingsworth C M Harris - Chadlace Pty Ltd, G Johnston & K Schmitz James Soulos, Ashfield - N Karacominakis Denes Ebner, Sydney - Big Country Developments Pty Ltd & P H Hesky SOLICITORS : David Hand, Hurstville - J W Wall Investment Co Pty Ltd, J W Wall & C E Wall Shaddock Baker & Paul, Richmond - J Hollingsworth & G G Hollingsworth Matthew Folbigg, Blacktown - Chadlace Pty Ltd, G Johnston & K Schmitz CATCHWORDS : COSTS - complex appeals - orders as to costs of trial and appeals - no question of principle. DECISION : See paras 2 & 31.