Chikal Pty Limited & Anor v Youssef El Bayeh & Anor [2011] NSWSC 230

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Chikal Pty Limited & Anor v Youssef El Bayeh & Anor [2011] NSWSC 230 Hearing dates: 15 December 2010, Decision date: 30 March 2011 Before: Slattery Decision: See paragraph 31 of judgment. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - Costs - general rule costs follow the event - no question of principle. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 42.1 Cases Cited: BI Constructions Pty Ltd v Shad; Bayeh v BI Constructions Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 484 Chikal Pty Ltd v BI Constructions Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 1286 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (Cth); ex parte Li Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 Category: Consequential orders Parties: First Plaintiff- Chikal Pty Ltd Second Plaintiff- BI Constructions Pty Ltd Second Plaintiff- BI Constructions Pty Ltd First Defendant- Youssef El Bayeh Second Defendant-Samir El Bayeh Interested Party- Barlaw Pty Ltd t/as Barrak Lawyers Representation: Counsel: First Plaintiff - P. Bambagiotti Second Plaintiff - C.W.Robinson First Defendant - T. Bland Second Defendant - Mr Condon Interested Party - M.A.Robinson Solicitors: First Plaintiff - M.Macken, Beston Maccken McManis Second Plaintiff - R. Rahal, Cambridge Law First Defendant -B. Boustani, Legal & Corporate Advisory Second Defendant -T. Oliffe, Thurlow Fisher Interested Party - Barrak Lawyers File Number(s): 2010/359687