Bellevarde Constructions Pty Ltd v CPC Energy Pty Ltd [2011] NSWDC 55

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Bellevarde Constructions Pty Ltd v CPC Energy Pty Ltd [2011] NSWDC 55 Hearing dates: 11 and 12 May 2011 Decision date: 19 May 2011 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Judge Peter Johnstone Decision: Appeal allowed in part only Catchwords: COSTS ASSESSMENT - appeal from assessment by a costs assessor of party/party costs payable pursuant to court orders - whether any decisions of the costs assessor as to a matter of law were shown to be in error - whether the costs assessor had proper regard to the indemnity principle - whether the plaintiffs were denied procedural fairness - whether the costs assessor should have awarded costs of the assessment to the plaintiffs rather than to the defendant Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 and the UCPR Legal Profession Act 2004 Cases Cited: Brierley v Reeves t/as Kaplan Reeves & Co [2000] NSWSC 305 CSR Ltd v Eddy [2008] NSWCA 82 Diemasters Pty Limited v Meadowcorp Pty Ltd (Unreported, NSWSC, Master Macready, 16 July 2003) East West Airlines Limited v Turner [2010]NSWCA 53 EMI Records Ltd v Ian Cameron Wallace Pty Ltd [1982] 2 All ER 980 Flexible Manufacturing Systems Pty Ltd v Alter [2004] NSWSC 29 Fox v Percy [2003] HCA 22 Frumar v The Owners of Strata Plan 36957 [2006] NSWCA 278 Furber v Gray [2002] NSWSC 1144 General of Berne Insurance Co v Jardine Reinsurance Management Ltd [1998] 2 All ER 301 Gorczynski v AWM Dickinson & Son [2005] NSWSC 277 Honest Remark Pty Ltd v Allstate Explorations NL [2008] NSWSC 439 Huggard v Huggard (1902) 8 ALR 178 Larsen v Vale [1999] NSWCA 397 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 McCausland v Surfing Hardware International [2010] NSWDC 222 O'Connor v Fitti [2000] NSWSC 540 Qantas Airways Ltd v Dillingham Corp (Unreported, NSWSC, Rogers J, 14 May 1987) Randall Pty Ltd v Willoughby City Council [2009] NSWDC 118 Re Dibbs and Farrell (1941) 41 SR (NSW) 249 Richfort Pty Ltd v Baluyut (1999) 152 FLR 203 Shaw v Yarranova Pty Ltd [2011] VSCA 55 Skalkos v Assaf [2002] NSWSC 1221 Smith v Smith [1906] VLR 78 Stanley v Phillips (1966) 115 CLR 470 Turner v Pride [1999] NSWSC 850 Wentworth v Rogers [2006] NSWCA 145 Woolf v Snipe (1933) 48 CLR 677 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Bellevarde Constructions Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff) John Francis Fielding (Second Plaintiff) CPC Energy Pty Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Mr R D Marshall of counsel with Ms Bampton of counsel (Plaintiffs) Ms J McDonald of counsel (Defendant) R BadgeryLegal Pty Ltd CLS Legal Solicitors File Number(s): 2010/351240 Publication restriction: None