Vanessa Crump & Ors v Equine Nutrition Systems Pty Ltd t/as Horsepower & Anor [2004] NSWSC 1080

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Vanessa Crump & Ors v Equine Nutrition Systems Pty Ltd t/as Horsepower & Anor [2004] NSWSC 1080 HEARING DATE(S) : 1, 11, 16 November 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 November 2004 JURISDICTION: Common Law Division JUDGMENT OF : Bergin J DECISION : Plaintiffs to pay defendants' costs thrown away by the vacation of the trial date on an indemnity basis; Defendants' application for an order that costs be payable forthwith refused.

CATCHWORDS : [COSTS] - Whether conduct of the plaintiffs justifies awarding costs to the defendants on an indemnity basis to the defendants - Whether the court should depart from the usual rule that costs are payable at the conclusion of proceedings Baillieu Knight Frank (NSW) Pty Ltd v Ted Manny Real Estate Pty Limited (1992) 30 NSWLR 359 CF Heath Underwriting and Insurance (Australia) Pty Ltd v Barden & Ors (unreported, NSWSC, Rolfe J,13 December 1993) Drabsch v Switzerland General Insurance Co Ltd [2000] NSWSC 489 Fiduciary Ltd v Morningstar Research Pty Ltd (2002) 55 NSWLR 1 CASES CITED : GSA Industries Pty Ltd v NT Gas Ltd (1990) 24 NSWLR 710 Hobartville Stud Pty Ltd v Union Insurance Co Ltd (1991) 25 NSWLR 358 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Rosniak v Government Insurance Office (1997) 41 NSWLR 608 Trimboli v Royal Insurance Australia Limited (unreported, NSWCA, Kirby P, Hope and Priestley JJA, 2 October 1985) W Dazenko Structural and General Engineering Pty Ltd v Fraser Hrones and Company Ltd (unreported, NSWCA, Mahoney, Meagher, and Handley JJA, 5 October 1990) Vanessa Crump (First Plaintiff) Bernard Crump (Second Defendant) PARTIES : Rodney Crump (Third Plaintiff) Equine Nutrition Systems Pty Ltd t/as Horsepower (First Defendant) George Weston Foods Ltd t/as Millmaster Feeds (Second Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20670/01 A.J.McQuillen; B. Quinn (Plaintiffs) P.R. Garling SC; F. Assaf (Defendants) COUNSEL :