Cumming v Sands [2001] NSWSC 706

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Cumming v Sands [2001] NSWSC 706 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5003/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 1 August 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 August 2001

Delys Louise Cumming (P) PARTIES : Margaret Lesley Sands (D1 & XC) Peter Elliott Brand (D2 & 2XD) Robert Bruce Gordon (D2 & 3XD) JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J

J M Atkin (P) COUNSEL : S Hughes (D1) No representation (D2, 2XD & 3XD) Walters (P) SOLICITORS : Heidtman & Co (D1) Submitting appearance (D2, 2XD & 3XD) CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE [574] - Costs - Departing from the general rule - Order for costs on indemnity basis - Factors relevant to exercise of court's discretion - "Calderbank" letter - PROCEDURE [760] - Miscellaneous procedural matters - Cross claims - Set-off - Equitable set-off - When available - Rule in Cherry v Boultbee Calderbank v Calderbank [1976] Fam 93 Cherry v Boultbee (1839) 4 My & Cr; 41 ER 171 Cumming v Sands [2001] NSWSC 2 Cumming v Sands [2001] NSWSC 507 Cumming v Sands [2001] NSWSC 599 In re Hurburgh. National Executors and Trustees Co of Tasmania Ltd v Hurburgh, [1959] Tas SR 25 CASES CITED : In re Peruvian Railway Construction Company Limited [1915] 2 Ch 144 MGICA (1992) Pty Ltd v Kenny & Good Pty Ltd (1996) 70 FCR 235 Nobrega v The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Archdiocese of Sydney (No 2) [1999] NSWCA 133 Parkes Property and Stock Company Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd (1936) 36 SR(NSW) 457 Re Fused Electrics Pty Ltd (in liq) v Donald [1995] 2 QdR 7 SMEC Testing Services Pty Limited v Campbelltown City Council [2000] NSWCA 323 Meagher, Gummow & Lehane, Equity Doctrines and Remedies (3rd ed, 1996) [3723] DECISION : (1) Plaintiff's application for indemnity costs refused; (2) Order for immediate contribution to fund not in the circumstances necessitated by the rule in Cherry v Boultbee.