Alamdo Holdings Pty Limited v Australian Window Furnishings (NSW) Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 7

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Alamdo Holdings Pty Limited v Australian Window Furnishings (NSW) Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 7

HEARING DATE(S) : 22/10/07

JUDGMENT DATE : 30 January 2008

JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List

JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J

DECISION : Defendant to pay one-half of plaintiff's costs as agreed or assessed

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - costs - departing from the general rule - where plaintiff recovered damages of $223,000 upon claims quantified at $924,000 - where mixed outcome in various respects - whether feasible to judge outcome according to issues, matters or heads of controversy - resort to matters of impression and evaluation - whether rules of court in force at inception but no longer applicable should be considered relevant

Civil Procedure Act 2005, Clause 5, Schedule 6, s 98 LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules 1970, Part 52A rules 33(2), 33(4) and (5) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rule 42.1

CATEGORY : Consequential orders

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