Hardie Holdings Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1484

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hardie Holdings Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1484 Hearing dates: By written submissions Decision date: 06 December 2012 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: (1) The plaintiffs are to pay the defendant's costs of the motion, filed 6 September 2011, to date Catchwords: COSTS - security for costs - whether costs of motion should follow the event - necessary for defendant to bring motion - defendant successful - entitled to costs Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Category: Costs Parties: Hardie Holdings Pty Limited (First Plaintiff) Cessnock Land Pty Limited (Second Plaintiff) Hardie Greta Pty Limited (Third Plaintiff) Hardie King Pty Ltd (formerly Fame Cove Four Pty Ltd) (Fourth Plaintiff) Fame Cove Three Pty Limited (Fifth Plaintiff) Stanford Land Pty Limited (Sixth Plaintiff) Hardie Sanctuary Pty Limited (Seventh Plaintiff) Biodiversity Land Pty Limited (formerly Eco Trades Pty Limited) (Eighth Plaintiff) Dalbell Pty Limited (Ninth Plaintiff) Nersu Pty Limited (Tenth Plaintiff) Hardie Garnet Pty Limited (Eleventh Plaintiff) Duncan John Hardie (Twelfth Plaintiff) State of New South Wales (Defendant) Representation: M Cashion SC with T Rickard (Plaintiffs) G Craddock SC with S Callan (Defendant) C G Taylor & Son Solicitors (Plaintiffs) Crown Solicitor (Defendant) File Number(s): 2011/67050