Davies v Kur-ring-gai Municipal Council [2003] NSWSC 1010

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Davies v Kur-ring-gai Municipal Council [2003] NSWSC 1010 HEARING DATE(S) : 17, 24, 27 October 2003 (by written submissions) JUDGMENT DATE : 4 November 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity JUDGMENT OF : Austin J DECISION : Application denied; liberty to apply

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - costs - interest on costs - whether, in the Equity Division, an order under s 95(4) should be made as of course when claimant shows payment to solicitor LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), ss 76, 95 Supreme Court Rules, Pt 40 r 3 Australian Development Corporation Pty Ltd v White Constructions (ACT) Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 280 Bennett v Jones [1977] 2 NSWLR 355 Falkner v Bourke (1990) 19 NSWLR 574 Gray v Guardian Trust Australia Ltd [2003] NSWSC 887 Grogan v Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 1101 CASES CITED : Home Owners Insurance Pty Ltd v Job (1983) 2 ANZ Ins Cas 60-635 Hughes Bros v The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church [1999] NSWSC 1051 Hunt v RM Douglas (Roofing) Ltd [1990] 1 AC 398 Lolomanaia v Roads & Traffic Authority of NSW [2002] NSWSC 918 Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 v Carson (1994) 35 NSWLR 342 Puntoriero v Water Administration Ministerial Corporation [2002] NSWSC 217 Woods v Woods [2001] NSWSC 1108 PARTIES : Kathryn Davies (P) Kur-ring-gai Municipal Council (D) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1655/02 COUNSEL : R Horsley (P) B R McClintock SC with S Flanigan (D) SOLICITORS : Colin Biggers & Paisley (P) Deacons (D)