RSL (NSW Branch) v AG; AG v RSL (NSW Branch) [2002] NSWSC 142

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : RSL (NSW Branch) v AG; AG v RSL (NSW Branch) [2002] NSWSC 142 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4532/93; 1052/94 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 and 28 February 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 February 2002

4532/93 The Returned and Services League of Australia (NSW Branch) (P1) Geoff Godfrey, Eugene Priest, Alexander Leslie Baker, John Thomas Walter Sheehan being Trustees of the New South Wales State Branch of the RSL Welfare and Benevolent Fund (P2) PARTIES : Attorney General of New South Wales (D) 1052/94 Attorney General of New South Wales (P) The Returned and Services League of Australia (NSW Branch) (D1) Geoff Godfrey, Eugene Priest, Alexander Leslie Baker, John Thomas Walter Sheehan being Trustees of the New South Wales State Branch of the RSL Welfare and Benevolent Fund (D2) JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J

4532/93 M D Young (P1 & 2) COUNSEL : R P L Lancaster (D) 1052/94 R P L Lancaster (P) M D Young (D1 & 2) 4532/93 Abbott Tout (P1 & 2) SOLICITORS : I V Knight, Crown Solicitor (D) 1052/94 I V Knight, Crown Solicitor (P) Abbott Tout (D1 & 2) CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE [572] - Costs - General rule: costs follow the event - Costs out of a fund - Limitation to part of fund - Whether order made by consent for costs out of proceeds of sale of property subject in part to a charitable trust should be construed as ordering costs out the whole of the proceeds or only that part subject to the charitable trust. LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 s 76 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Part 52A r 42 Codelfa Construction Proprietary Limited v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1982) 149 CLR 337 CASES CITED : Hunter Region SLSA Helicopter Rescue Service Ltd v Attorney General for New South Wales [2000] NSWSC 456 Robertson v Graham (1917) 17 SR(NSW) 676 DECISION : Orders should be taken to order payment out of the charitable trust fund only.