Rinehart v Welker (No 3) [2012] NSWCA 228

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Rinehart v Welker (No 3) [2012] NSWCA 228 Hearing dates: 13 January 2012 Decision date: 30 July 2012 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Beazley JA at [25]; McColl JA [26] Decision: The applicants pay the costs of the respondents and the media interests in respect of the motions filed by the applicants on 6 January 2012 and 9 January 2012. [Note: The Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 provide (Rule 36.11) that unless the Court otherwise orders, a judgment or order is taken to be entered when it is recorded in the Court's computerised court record system. Setting aside and variation of judgments or orders is dealt with by Rules 36.15, 36.16, 36.17 and 36.18. Parties should in particular note the time limit of fourteen days in Rule 36.16.] Catchwords: COSTS - costs of interlocutory applications - general rule that costs follow the event

COSTS - whether costs payable forthwith Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 s 7 Supreme Court Act 1970 s 46 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 42.7 Cases Cited: Fiduciary Ltd v Morningstar Research Pty Limited [2002] NSWSC 432; (2002) 55 NSWLR 1 Hamod v State of New South Wales [2007] NSWSC 707 Royal Australian Naval Reserve Rifle Club Inc v NSW Rifle Association Inc [2010] NSWSC 351 Category: Costs Parties: Gina Hope Rinehart (First Applicant) Ginia Hope Francis Rinehart (Second Applicant) Hope Rinehart Welker (First Respondent) John Langley Hancock (Second Respondent) Bianca Hope Rinehart (Third Respondent) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Media Interests) Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (Media Interests) Nationwide News Pty Ltd (Media Interests) Representation: Counsel: M Walton SC and P Kulevski (First Applicant) M Holmes QC and M Allars (Second Applicant) A S Bell SC and D F C Thomas (First, Second and Third Respondents) A T S Dawson and F T Roughley (Media Interests) Solicitors: Corrs Chambers Westgarth (First Applicant) Gadens Lawyers (Second Applicant) Johnson Winter & Slattery (First, Second and Third Respondents) Addisons Lawyers (Media Interests) File Number(s): CA 2011/344306; 2011/344307 Publication restriction: None Decision under appeal Citation: Rinehart v Welker [2011] NSWCA 403 Date of Decision: 2011-10-31 00:00:00 Before: Bathurst CJ, McColl JA, Young JA File Number(s): CA 2011/344306; 2011/344307