Vis Visitor Investments Services Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury Riverside Retreat Ltd & 6 Ors [2004] NSWSC 1188

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Vis Visitor Investments Services Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury Riverside Retreat Ltd & 6 Ors [2004] NSWSC 1188 HEARING DATE(S) : 26/07/04, 09/08/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 10 December 2004

JURISDICTION: Equity Division Corporations List JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J DECISION : No order as to costs

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - costs - no determination on merits - principal dispute resolved by consent orders - whether discontinuance of ancillary claims gave rise to "event" for costs purposes - whether strength of plaintiff's case shown suifficiently to warrant costs order despite compromise LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Part 5.3A CASES CITED : Chapman v Luiminis Pty Ltd [2003] FCAFC 162 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; Ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR at pp.624-5 Vis Visitor Investment Services Pty Limited - Applicant Hawkesbury Riverside Retreat Limited - First Defendant Schon G Condon - Second Defendant PARTIES : Glenys Joy Gilling - Third Defendant Michael Stephen Burcher - Fourth Defendant Kenneth Charles Jackson - Fifth Defendant Stephen William Williams - Sixth Defendant Debra Jayne Ronan - Seventh Defendant FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3093/04 COUNSEL : Mr J.T. Johnson - Plaintiff Mr J.R. Dupree - Third, Fourth, Fifth and Seventh Defendants SOLICITORS : Watson Mangioni - Plaintiff Russo & Partners - Third, Fourth, Fifth and Seventh Defendants

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