Graham Leonard Brand & Ors v Digi-Tech (Australia) Limited & Ors; Christopher Gerard Kelliher & Ors v Digi-Tech (Australia) Limited & Ors [2002] NSWSC 762

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Graham Leonard Brand & Ors v Digi-Tech (Australia) Limited & Ors; Christopher Gerard Kelliher & Ors v Digi-Tech (Australia) Limited & Ors [2002] NSWSC 762 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50169/99; 50087/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 23/08/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 August 2002

Graham Leonard Brand & Ors (Plaintiffs) Christopher Gerard Kelliher & Ors (Plaintiffs) McLean Pty Ltd, AI McLean Pty Ltd (Plaintiffs) PARTIES : Digi-Tech (Australia) Limited (1st Defendant) Digi-Tech Equities Limited (2nd Defendant) Digi-Tech Communications (3rd Defendant) John Anthony Reid (4th Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

Mr I Jackman (all Plaintiffs except McLean Pty Ltd and AI McLean Pty Ltd) COUNSEL : Mr R Forster SC (McLean Pty Ltd; AI McLean Pty Ltd) Mr J Sheahan SC, Mr M Christie (Defendants) Atanaskovic Hartnell (all Plaintiffs except McLean Pty Ltd and AI McLean Pty Ltd) SOLICITORS : Gillis Delaney Brown (McLean Pty Ltd and AI McLean Pty Ltd) Blake Dawson Waldron (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Costs CASES CITED : Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 DECISION : Short minutes of order should be brought in.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION COMMERCIAL LIST

EINSTEIN J

28 AUGUST 2002

50169/99 GRAHAME LEONARD BRAND & ORS v DIGI-TECH (AUST) LTD & ORS

50087/00 CHRISTOPHER GERARD KELLIHER & ORS V DIGI-TECH (AUST) LTD & ORS JUDGMENT - COSTS 1 The reserved Judgment was delivered in these proceedings on 13 August 2002. The matter has been before the court in terms of submissions as to costs of the proceedings. 2 In Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 at 96, McHugh J, with whose reasons for judgment Brennan CJ was in general agreement, after dealing with the statutory jurisdiction conferring on the Court a broad discretion to award costs said: