John Clement Preston & Anor v Leon Nikolaidis t/as MD Nikolaidis & Co [2011] NSWSC 1074

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: John Clement Preston & Anor v Leon Nikolaidis t/as MD Nikolaidis & Co [2011] NSWSC 1074 Hearing dates: 25-26 August 2011 Decision date: 13 September 2011 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Black J Decision: Held that not open to Plaintiffs to raise issue that First Plaintiff not personally liable for costs where such liability was necessary basis of orders for taxation of bills of costs previously made in proceedings. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - whether matters had previously been determined in proceedings - determination of matters necessary to orders previously made in proceedings - withdrawal of admissions - leave to withdraw admissions not granted. Legislation Cited: - Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) - Legal Profession Reform Act 1993 (NSW) - Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW) - Legal Profession Regulation 2005 (NSW) - Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) - Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: - Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 - Brewer v Brewer (1953) 88 CLR 1 - Doyle v Hall Chadwick [2007] NSWCA 159 - Drabsch v Switzerland General Insurance Co Ltd (Unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Santow J, 16 October 1996) - EGRI v DRG Australia Ltd (1988) 19 NSWLR 600 - Hill End Gold Ltd v First Tiffany Resource Corp [2008] NSWSC 866 - Hoystead v Commissioner of Taxation [1926] AC 155 - Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police [1982] AC 529 - Jiwira Pty Ltd v Phillips Fox (Unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Simpson J, 24 November 1997) - Limit (No 3) Ltd v ACE Insurance Ltd (No 2) [2009] NSWSC 1060 - Owston Nominees No 2 Pty Ltd v Branir Pty Ltd (2003) 129 FCR 558 - Preston v Nikolaidis [2010] NSWSC 131 - R v Hartington Middle Quarter Inhabitants (1855) 4 E&B 780; 119 ER 288 - Ramsay v Pigram (1968) 118 CLR 271 - Repatriation Commission v Nation (1995) 57 FCR 25 - Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 - SLE Worldwide v WGB & Ors [2005] NSWSC 816 - Stafford v Kekatos (No 2) [2008] NSWSC 1044 - Yates Property Corporation Pty Ltd v Boland (1998) 89 FCR 78 Texts Cited: Spencer Bower and Handley, Res Judicata, 4th ed Category: Principal judgment Parties: John Clement Preston (First Plaintiff) Western Suburbs Constructions Pty Limited (formerly Preston Erections Pty Limited) (Second Plaintiff) Leon Nikolaidis t/as MD Nikolaidis & Co (First Defendant) Michael John Zwar (Second Defendant) Estate of Mitrofanis D Nikolaidis (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: B Zipser (Plaintiffs) TS Hale SC (Defendants) Solicitor: Livingstone & Company (Plaintiffs) Diamond Conway (Defendants) File Number(s): 93/23395