NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Australian Securities and Investments Commission v MacDonald (No 2) [2008] NSWSC 1020
HEARING DATE(S) : 29 September 2008 JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 29 September 2008
DECISION : ASIC to pay 20 per cent. Legal representatives of defendants other than the 11th defendant to pay 10 per cent each.
CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - Costs - How fixed costs of the provision of electronic court facilities should be borne in the first instance - Civil penalty proceedings by ASIC against 12 defendants - 3 defendants represented by the same legal representative - 11th defendant playing little part in the proceedings - ASIC offer to pay 11th defendants share of the costs - Whether ASIC should pay 50 per cent and the defendants pay the balance divided equally between 12 defendants - Whether costs should be divided into 10 shares
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Plaintiff) Peter Donald MacDonald (First Defendant) Peter James Shafron (Second Defendant) Phillip Graham Morley (Third Defendant) Michael Robert Brown (Fourth Defendant) Michael John Gillfillan (Fifth Defendant) PARTIES : Meredith Hellicar (Sixth Defendant) Martin Koffel (Seventh Defendant) Geoffrey Frederick O'Brien (Eighth Defendant) Gregory James Terry (Ninth Defendant) Peter John Willcox (Tenth Defendant) ABN 60 Pty Ltd (Eleventh Defendant) James Hardie Industries NV (Twelfth Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1490/07
Mr A Bannon SC/ Mr R Beech-Jones SC/ Ms D Hogan-Doran (Plaintiff) Mr S Finch SC/ Mr D Studdy/ Mr D Mackay (First Defendant) Mr B Walker SC/ Mr R Lancaster/ Mr N Owens (Second Defendant) Mr B Oslington QC/ Mr R Dick/ Mr N Bender (Third Defendant) COUNSEL : Mr T Bathurst QC/ Mr R Whitington QC/ Mr R Hollo/ Mr R Hardcastle/ Mr I Colquhoun (Fourth to Seventh Defendants) Mr P Wood/ Mr M Henry (Eighth Defendant) Mr R McHugh SC/ Mr S Nixon (Ninth Defendant) Mr T Jucovic QC/ Mr R Scruby (Tenth Defendant) Mr I Pike (Eleventh Defendant) Mr A Meagher SC/ Ms K Morgan (Twelfth Defendant)
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