Nerez Grant v Gwendoline Peggy Hall & Ors [2012] NSWSC 779

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Nerez Grant v Gwendoline Peggy Hall & Ors [2012] NSWSC 779 Hearing dates: 20.06.12 Decision date: 11 July 2012 Before: Nicholas J Decision: Par 31 Catchwords: PROCEDURE - security for costs - inherent jurisdiction - plaintiff's impecuniosity not a determinative discretionary factor - whether additional factors favouring order for security established - turns on facts - no question of general principle Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 Crown Lands Act 1989 Real Property Act 1900 Residential Tenancies Act 2010 Cases Cited: Bhagat v Murphy [2000] NSWSC 892 Chang v Comcare Australia [1999] FCA 1677 Grant v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [2000] NSWSC 28; (2000) 10 BPR 18,155 Grant v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [2001] NSWCA 107 Green v CGU Insurance Ltd [2008] NSWCA 148; (2008) 67 ACSR 105 Jeffery & Katauskas Pty Ltd v SST Consulting Pty Ltd [2009] HCA 43; (2009) 239 CLR 75 Merribee Pastoral Industries Pty Ltd v ANZ Banking Group Ltd [1998] HCA 41; (1998) 193 CLR 502 Morris v Hanley [2000] NSWSC 957 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Nerez Grant - plaintiff Gwendoline Peggy Hall - first defendant State of New South Wales - second defendant Registrar-General of New South Wales - third defendant Representation: Counsel: F Assaf - plaintiff M Wright - first defendant Solicitors: Jackson Lalic Lawyers - plaintiff Chalk & Fitzgerald - first defendant File Number(s): 12/39345