Riz & 1 or v Perpetual Trustee Australia Ltd & 4 ors (Costs) [2007] NSWSC 1488

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Riz & 1 or v Perpetual Trustee Australia Ltd & 4 ors (Costs) [2007] NSWSC 1488

HEARING DATE(S) : 13 November 2007 JURISDICTION : Common Law Division

JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 13 November 2007

DECISION : No sufficient reason to make unsuccessful defendant liable for successful defendant's costs

CATCHWORDS : COSTS – whether unsuccessful defendant should indemnify plaintiff in respect of liability for successful defendant's costs – where plaintiff fails on Contract Review claim against mortgagee but succeeds on professional negligence claim against solicitor

LEGISLATION CITED : (NSW) Contracts Review Act 1980, ss 7 & 9

Almeida v Universal Dye Works Pty Ltd (No 2) [2001] NSWCA 156 CASES CITED : Permanent Trustee Co Ltd v Keogh [1999] NSWSC 883 Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Palmer (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 140 Coombes v Roads and Traffic Authority (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 70

Omar Riz (first plaintiff/first cross defendant) Amal Riz (second plaintiff/second cross defendant) Perpetual Trustee Australia Limited (first defendant/cross claimant) PARTIES : Direct Mortgage Solutions Pty Limited (second defendant) Manuelpillia Paul Dominic (third defendant) Suzy David (fourth defendant) Fred David (fifth defendant)

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20591/02

C J Leggat SC w B M Zipser (plaintiffs/cross defendants) COUNSEL : J G Bates (first defendant/cross claimant & second defendant) R J H Darke SC w M C L Dicker (third - fifth defendants)