HIH Insurance Limited (in liquidation) & Anor v Rodney Stephen Adler & Ors [2007] NSWSC 745

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : HIH Insurance Limited (in liquidation) & Anor v Rodney Stephen Adler & Ors [2007] NSWSC 745

HEARING DATE(S) : Chambers decision on the papers

JUDGMENT DATE : 13 July 2007

JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

DECISION : Applicants to pay respondents costs of strike out motions

CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - Costs

LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW)

Baulderstone Hornibrook Engineering Pty Ltd v Gordian Runoff Ltd (Formerly GIO Insurance Ltd) and Ors [2006] NSWSC 583 Dodds Family Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Industries Pty Ltd (1993) 26 IPR 261 Fexuto Pty Ltd v Bosnjak Holdings Pty Ltd (No 3) (1998) 30 ACSR 20 CASES CITED : Gilsan (International) Ltd v Optus Networks Pty Ltd (No 4) [2005] NSWSC 1073 Mobile Innovations Ltd v Vodafone Pacific Ltd [2003] NSWSC 423 NRMA Ltd v Morgan (No 3) [1999] NSWSC 768 Orion Pet Products Pty Ltd v Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Vic) Inc (No 2) [2002] FCA 967 Waters v PC Henderson (Aust) Pty Ltd, unreported, New South Wales Court of Appeal, Kirby P, Mahoney JA, Priestley JA, 6 July 1994

HIH Insurance Limited (in liquidation) (First Plaintiff) HIH Investment Holdings Limited (in liquidation) (Second Plaintiff) Rodney Stephen Adler (First Defendant) Timothy Maxwell Mainprize (Second Defendant) Daniel Wilkie (Third Defendant) PARTIES : General Reinsurance Australia Limited formerly known as General & Cologne Reinsurance Australasia Limited (Fourth Defendant) Kolnische Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft (Fifth Defendant) Guy Carpenter & Company Pty Limited (Sixth Defendant) Goldman Sachs Australia Pty Limited (Eighth Defendant) Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (Ninth Defendant) Russell Craig Pillemer (Tenth Defendant)