Gray v Guardian Trust Australia [2003] NSWSC 887

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Gray v Guardian Trust Australia [2003] NSWSC 887 HEARING DATE(S) : 6, 10, 11 August 2003 (written submissions) JUDGMENT DATE : 30 September 2003

JURISDICTION: Equity Division Probate List JUDGMENT OF : Austin J DECISION : Interest payable on costs on and from September 2003

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - costs - interest on costs - whether incipitur rule or allocatur rule is "normal rule" in Equity Division of Supreme Court - whether Court's discretion under s 76 is narrowed by s 95(4) - discretionary considerations where mixed success of parties has been reflected in costs orders Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW), s 69A LEGISLATION CITED : Land and Environment Court Rules 1980, Part 13 rule 3 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), ss 19, 76, 94, 95 Supreme Court Rules, Part 40 rule 3 Boswell v Coaks (1887) 57 LJ Ch 101, 105 Cherry v Boultbee (1839) 4 My & Cr 442 Fisher v Dudding (1841) 3 Man & G 238 [133 ER 1131] Gray v Guardian Trust Australia [2002] NSWSC 1218 Gray v Guardian Trust Australia [2003] NSWSC 704 Hughes Brothers v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church [1999] NSWSC 1051 Hunt v RM Douglas (Roofing) Ltd [1990] 1 AC 398 CASES CITED : K v K (Divorce Costs: Interest) [1977] 2 WLR 55 McWilliams Wines Pty Ltd v Liaweena (NSW) Pty Ltd (1993) 32 NSWLR 190 Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 v Carson (1994) 35 NSWLR 342 Schroder v Clough (1877) 35 LT 850 TA Field Pty Ltd v Frigmobile of Australia Pty Ltd [1978] 2 NSWLR 488 Thomas v Bunn [1991] 1 AC 362 White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd v Flower & Hart (No.2) (2000) 103 FCR 559 Woods v Woods [2001] NSWSC 1108 Rollo Ventry Wakefield Gray (P, XD1) PARTIES : Guardian Trust Australia Ltd (D1, XC) Robert John Charles Gray (D2, XD2) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 114938/99 COUNSEL : Mr M S Willmott (D1, XC) Mr T Lynch (D2, XD2) Teece Hodgson & Ward (P, XD1) SOLICITORS : Mallesons Stephen Jaques (D1, XC) Gells (D2, XD2)