Lovick & Son Developments Pty Ltd & Anor v Doppstadt Australia Pty Ltd & Anor (No 3) [2013] NSWSC 135

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lovick & Son Developments Pty Ltd & Anor v Doppstadt Australia Pty Ltd & Anor (No 3) [2013] NSWSC 135 Hearing dates: 18 February 2013 Decision date: 27 February 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Slattery J Decision: Interest payable on judgment sum of $254,468.80 from 1 March 2005 up to the date of judgment. Defendants to pay 40% of plaintiffs' costs. Catchwords: PROCEDURE: interest - whether plaintiffs' procedural delay warrants a reduction in the rate of interest under Civil Procedure Act 2005 or the time from which interest is to be calculated - costs - whether costs should follow the event or whether some other costs order should be made. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005; Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005; Cases Cited: Lovick & Son Development Pty Ltd & Anor v Doppstadt Australia Pty Ltd & Anor [2012] NSWSC 529; Lovick & Son Development Pty Ltd & Anor v Doppstadt Australia Pty Ltd & Anor (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1579; Sherborne Estate No 2 [2005] NSWSC 1003; Rae v Beddison Corporation Pty Limited (No. 2) [2009] NSWSC 178, Cullen v Trappell (1980) 146 CLR 1; Daniels v Anderson (1995) 37 NSWLR 438; Bennett v Jones (1977) 2 NSWLR 355; MBP (SA) Pty Limited v Gogic (1991) 171 CLR 657; Grincelis v House (2000) 201 CLR 321; Clark v Foodland Stores Pty Ltd [993] VR 382; ICT Pty Ltd v Sea Containers Limited [2006] NSWSC 1280; Kalls Enterprises Pty Limited (in liquidation) and Ors v Baloglow & Anor (No 3) [2007] NSWCA 298; Beoco Kidd v Alfa Laval Co Ltd [1995] QB 137; James v Surf Road Nominees Pty Limited (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 296; Sydney Ferries v Morton (No 2) [2010] NSWCA 238; Lahoud v Lahoudd [2006] NSWSC 126; Drummond & Rosen Pty Ltd v Easy (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 331 Category: Costs Parties: First Plaintiff: Lovick & Son Developments Pty Ltd Second Plaintiff: Engineering Pty Ltd First Defendant: Doppstadt Australia Pty Ltd Second Defendant: Raymond James Davis Representation: Counsel: Solicitors: Plaintiffs:- T.J. Tancred, Whiteley, Ironside & Shillington Defendants:- M. Flaherty, Michael Flaherty Solicitor File Number(s): 2006/255184 Publication restriction: No