Lake Burrendong State Park Trust v Thompson [2011] NSWSC 1554

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lake Burrendong State Park Trust v Thompson [2011] NSWSC 1554 Hearing dates: 29 November 2011 Decision date: 16 December 2011 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Hallen AsJ Decision: Order that: (a) the Plaintiff's notice of motion filed on 11 August 2011 be dismissed; (b) the Plaintiff to pay the Defendants' costs of the proceedings and of the notices of motion. Catchwords: Plaintiff commenced proceedings, by Summons seeking injunctive relief against the Defendants in relation to their representation in proceedings that had been commenced in the District Court of New South Wales at Orange - Proceedings resolved by acceptance of undertakings from Defendants - Each party seeks costs of the proceedings even though no hearing on merits. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Crown Lands Act 1989 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Ajkay v Hickey & Co Pty Limited [2011] NSWSC 822 Australian Securities Commission v Aust-Home Investments Ltd [1993] FCA 585; (1993) 44 FCR 194 Boscaini Investments Pty Ltd v Corporation of the City of Kensington and Norwood (1999) SASC 327 Bridie v Messina (1965) 66 SR (NSW) 446 Chapman v Luminis Pty Ltd [2003] FCAFC 162 Edwards Madigan Torzillo Briggs Pty Ltd v Stack [2003] NSWCA 302 Fire Containment Pty Ltd v Robins (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 547 Holborow v Macdonald Rudder [2002] WASC 265 Ismail-Zai v State of Western Australia [2007] WASCA 150; (2007) 34 WAR 379 Kallinicos v Hunt [2005] NSWSC 1181; (2005) 64 NSWLR 561 Kooky Garments Ltd v Charlton [1994] 1 NZLR 587 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Re the; Ex parte Lai Qin [1997] HCA 6; (1997) 186 CLR 622 Mitchell v Burrell [2008] NSWSC 772 Muhibbah Engineering (M) BHD v Trust Co Ltd [2009] NSWCA 205 Ohn v Walton (1995) 36 NSWLR 77 One Tel Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [2000] FCA 270 Red Bull Australia Pty Ltd v Michael Peter Stacey and Christian Walter Graebner [2011] NSWSC 1350 Saeco International Group (Australia) Pty Ltd v Giorgio Massimo Ubertini [2011] VSC 360 Scallan v Scallan [2001] NSWSC 1078 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Lake Burrendong State Park Trust (Plaintiff) Anne Maree Thompson (first Defendant) Thompson Madden Pty Limited trading as Thompson Madden Solicitors (second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr J K Kirk SC (Plaintiff) Mr G Curtin SC (Defendants) Solicitors: Crown Solicitor's Office (Plaintiff) Gilchrist Connell (Defendants) File Number(s): 2011/115795