Mid-City Skin Cancer & Laser Centre v Zahedi-Anarak [2006] NSWSC 1149

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Mid-City Skin Cancer & Laser Centre v Zahedi-Anarak [2006] NSWSC 1149

HEARING DATE(S) : 30 October 2006

JUDGMENT DATE : 7 November 2006

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J

DECISION : In present case, conduct of defendant does not affect costs order, and entitlement to nominal damages equivalent to failure.

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE - costs - significance of uncommendable behaviour by a defendant - PRACTICE - costs - the effect of an entitlement to nominal damages on costs - PRACTICE - costs - other matters not involving considerations of principle

LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

Alltrans Express Ltd v CVA Holdings Ltd [1984] 1 WLR 394 Anglo-Cyprian Trade Agencies Ltd v Paphos Wine Industries Ltd [1951] 1 All ER 873 Mid-City Skin Cancer & Laser Centre v Zahedi-Anarak & Ors [2006] NSWSC 684 Mid-City Skin Cancer & Laser Centre v Zahedi-Anarak [2006] NSWSC 844 CASES CITED : Monier Ltd v Metalwork Tiling Company of Australia (No 2) (1987) 43 SASR 588 Nexus Minerals NL v Brutus Constructions Pty Ltd & Kozyrski (Full Federal Court, 10 September 1997, unreported) Ng v Chong [2005] NSWSC 385 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Ritter v Godfrey [1920] 2 KB 47 White v Baycorp Advantage Business Information Services [2006] NSWSC 910

The Mid-City Skin Cancer and Laser Centre Pty Limited - Plaintiff Ali Zahedi-Anarak - First Defendant PARTIES : Idameneo (No 123) Pty Ltd (T/as Sydney Medical Centre) - Second Defendant L W Kernot Pty Limited - Third Defendant Laurence William Kernot - Fourth Defendant