Sharpless v McKibbin (Costs) [2007] NSWSC 1520

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Sharpless v McKibbin (Costs) [2007] NSWSC 1520

HEARING DATE(S) : 30 December 2007 JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 30 December 2007

DECISION : No order as to costs.

CATCHWORDS : FAMILY LAW – de facto relationship – costs – whether costs should follow the event – relevant considerations – substantial success – adjustive order below jurisdictional limit of Local Court. - COSTS – proceedings under Property (Relationships) Act 1984 – whether costs should follow the event – relevant considerations – substantial success– adjustive order below the jurisdictional limit of Local Court.

(NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 98(1), LEGISLATION CITED : (NSW) Property (Relationships) Act 1984, ss 8, 20 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, rr 42.1, 42.30

Dunstan v Rickwood (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 266 CASES CITED : Kardos v Sarbutt (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 206 P J and R M Farnell (1995) 128 FLR 374; (1996) 20 Fam LR 513) Sharpless v McKibbin [2007] NSWSC 1498

PARTIES : Paul Anthony Sharpless (plaintiff) Paul Ellis McKibbin (defendant)

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5396/05

COUNSEL : Mr Reeve (sol) (plaintiff) Ms Stubbs (defendant)

SOLICITORS : Marsdens Law Group (plaintiff) Cunningham Legal Pty Limited (defendant)

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION

BRERETON J

Thursday 20 December 2007

5396/05 Paul Sharpless v Paul McKibbin JUDGMENT (ex tempore – costs) 1 HIS HONOUR: On 14 December 2007 I published reasons for judgment [Sharpless v McKibbin [2007] NSWSC 1498] and made orders by way of adjustment of settlement of property interests under (NSW) Property (Relationships) Act 1984, s 20, as follows (at [104]): Subject to any submissions which may be made as to their form, my order is: