Grant Kornel Power v Miklos Power & Ors; Marc Robert Power v Miklos Power & Ors [2010] NSWSC 205

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Grant Kornel Power v Miklos Power & Ors; Marc Robert Power v Miklos Power & Ors [2010] NSWSC 205 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S) : 12.02.10, 15.02.10

JUDGMENT DATE : 23 March 2010

JUDGMENT OF : Nicholas J

In no. 1042/03, the notice of motion filed 10 December 2009 be dismissed; DECISION : In no. 2972/06, the amended notice of motion filed 17 December 2009 be dismissed; and In each of 1042/03 and 2972/06 the defendants pay the plaintiffs' costs on an indemnity basis

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – COSTS – interlocutory proceedings – appropriate costs orders where proceedings dismissed without proceeding to final determination – turns on the facts – no question of principle – Civil Procedure Act 2005 s 98 – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 36.4(1)(a)

Civil Procedure Act LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act 1982 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Baltic Shipping Company. The Mikhail Lermontov v Dillon (Mikhail Lermontov case) (1991) 22 NSWLR 1 Bates v Lloyd [2005] NSWSC 1253 CASES CITED : Fordyce v Fordham [2006] NSWCA 274 O'Neill v Mann [2000] FCA 1680 Oshlack v Richmond River Council [1998] HCA 11; (1998) 193 CLR 72 Prodromos Anastasi Foukkare v Angreb Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 335

Grant Kornel Power – plaintiff in 1042/03 Miklos Power – first defendant in both matters John Russell – second defendant in both matters PARTIES : John Denes – third defendant in both matters John Russell (in his capacity as trustee with Trustman Services Ltd of the Power Family Trust) – fourth defendant in both matters Deruve Pty Ltd – fifth defendant in both matters Trustman Services Ltd – sixth defendant in both matters Marc Robert Power – plaintiff in 2972/06