RIL Aviation HL 7740 and HL 7741 Pty Ltd v Alliance & Leicester plc & Ors (Costs) [2011] NSWSC 34

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: RIL Aviation HL 7740 and HL 7741 Pty Ltd v Alliance & Leicester plc & Ors (Costs) [2011] NSWSC 34 Hearing dates: 15 December 2010 Decision date: 11 February 2011 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Bergin CJ in Eq Decision: Each party is to pay its own costs of the proceedings Catchwords: COSTS - Whether the defendants' success on "main" or "central" issue in the proceedings entitles them to costs of the of the proceedings including costs in respect of the other issue on which they were unsuccessful - applicable principles - application for costs orders against third parties - whether having regard to all the circumstances of the case each party should pay its own costs Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Bostik Australia Pty Ltd v Liddiard (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 304 Cretazzo v Lombardi (1975) 13 SASR 4 Elite Protective Personnel Pty v Salmon (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 373 James v Surf Road Nominees Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 296 Jeffery & Katauskas Pty Ltd v SST Consulting Pty Limited [2009] HCA 43; (2009) 239 CLR 75 Knight v FP Special Assets Limited [1992] HCA 28; (1992) 174 CLR 178 Mobile Innovations Limited v Vodafone Pacific Limited [2003] NSWSC 423 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Ottway v Jones [1955] 1 WLR 706 RIL Aviation HL 7740 and HL 7741 Pty Ltd v Alliance & Leicester plc & Ors [2010] NSWSC 1235 Rolfe v Sunstate Credit Union Ltd (unreported, Federal Court of Australia, 23 October 1997, BC9705436) Turkmani v Visvalingam (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 279 Ventouris Enterprises Pty Ltd v Dib Group Pty Ltd (No 2) [2010] NSWSC 1317 Water v PC Henderson (Aust) Pty Ltd [1994] NSWCA 338; (1994) 254 ALR 328 Category: Consequential orders Parties: RIL Aviation HL 7740 and HL 7741 Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Alliance & Leicester plc (First Defendant) Allco JS Pty Limited (Second Defendant) Ladbroke Management Pty Limited (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: DR Pritchard SC / J Emmett (Plaintiff) AJ Bannon SC / RM Foreman (Defendants) Solicitors: DibbsBarker (Plaintiff) Watson Mangioni Lawyers Pty Ltd (Defendants) File Number(s): 2010/143563