Rosenboom & Ors v Qantas Airways Ltd & Ors [2002] NSWSC 1047

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Rosenboom & Ors v Qantas Airways Ltd & Ors [2002] NSWSC 1047 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20131/01; 20132/01; 20080/01; 20136/01; 20079/01; 20711/00; 20710/00; 20009/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 21 October 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 November 2002

Sonya Rosenboom (P in 20131/01) Mavis Bridge (P in 20132/01) Lyn Massey (P in 20080/01) Matthew Frost (P in 20136/01) Megan McEwan (P in 20079/01) Roystone Pursehouse (P in 20711/00) PARTIES : Regina Woodward (P in 20710/00) Todd Jaques (P in 20009/01) Qantas Airways Limited (D1 in 20131/01, 20132/01, 20080/01, 20136/01, 20079/01 & 20009/01) Malaysian Airline System Berhad (D2 in 20136/01) PT Garuda Indonesia Limited (D1 in 20711/00) British Airways Plc (D1 in 20710/00) Civil Aviation Safety Authority (D2 in 20131/01, 20132/01, 20080/01, 20711/00, 20710/00, 20079/01 & 20009/01; D3 in 20136/01) JUDGMENT OF : Sperling J at 1

Mr M McHugh for the Plaintiff in each matter No appearance for the First Defendant in matters 20131/01, 20132/01, 20080/01, 20136/01, 20079/01 & 20009/01 COUNSEL : Mr A Baykitch (solicitor advocate) for the Second Defendant in matter 20136/01 Mr M Gray-Spencer (solicitor advocate) for the First Defendant in matter 20711/00 Mr B Shields for the First Defendant in matter 20710/00 Mr S Donaldson SC for the Second Defendant in matters 20131/01, 20132/01, 20080/01, 20711/00, 20711/00, 20079/01 & 20009/01 and for the Third Defendant in matter 20136/01 Slater & Gordon Pty Ltd Lawyers for the Plaintiff in each matter Minter Ellison Lawyers for the First Defendant in matters 20131/01, 20132/01, 20080/01, 20136/01, 20079/01 & 20009/01 SOLICITORS : Blake Dawson Waldron Lawyers for the Second Defendant in matter 20136/01 Riley Gray-Spencer for the First Defendant in matter 20711/00 Ebsworth & Ebsworth Lawyers for the First Defendant in matter 20710/00 Mallesons Stephen Jaques for the Second Defendant in matters 20131/01, 20132/01, 20080/01, 20711/00, 20711/00, 20079/01 & 20009/01 and for the Third Defendant in matter 20136/01 CATCHWORDS : Costs - no question of principle LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970, s76 Supreme Court Rules 1970, Pt 52A r 11 CASES CITED : Milne v Attorney General (Tasmania) (1956) 95 CLR 460 DECISION : Orders 2, 3 & 4 made on 6 September 2002 varied by adding to each such order the following words: "except the plaintiff's costs of preparing, filing and serving the notice of motion and the evidence in support thereof."