Metro Chatswood Pty Limited v CRI Chatswood Pty Limited [2007] NSWSC 1120

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Metro Chatswood Pty Limited v CRI Chatswood Pty Limited [2007] NSWSC 1120 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S) : 4 October 2007

JUDGMENT DATE : 10 October 2007

JURISDICTION : Equity Division Technology & Construction List

JUDGMENT OF : Bergin J

DECISION : The defendant is to pay eighty per cent (80%) of the plaintiff's costs of these proceedings.

CATCHWORDS : [PROCEDURE] - [COSTS] - Whether appropriate to grant costs order against the defendant following plaintiff's discontinuance of proceedings - Whether unreasonable for defendant to withhold true position as to status of possible easements in favour of Telstra - Whether appropriate for plaintiff to file Notice to Produce in respect of same documents the subject of application for preliminary discovery - [PRACTITIONERS] - Need for care in filing 'pleadings' in urgent matters - [CLIENTS] - Duty to Court to facilitate just resolution of real issues in proceedings

LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

Australian Securities Commission v Aust-Home Investments Limited (1993) 44 FCR 194 CASES CITED : Prodromos Anastasi Foukkare v Angreb Pty Limited [2006] NSWCA 335 Re the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia; ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 Tyco Australia Pty Limited v Leighton Contractors Pty Limited (2005) 142 FCR 428

PARTIES : Metro Chatswood Pty Limited - plaintiff CRI Chatswood Pty Limited - defendant

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 55044/2007