Messias v de Barros (No 2) [2013] NSWDC 126

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Messias v de Barros (No 2) [2013] NSWDC 126 Hearing dates: 7 and 11 June 2013 Decision date: 11 June 2013 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: 1. Order the defendant pay the plaintiff's costs. Those costs, including the costs ordered by me on 16 May 2013 (but not any other costs the subject of an existing order) to be assessed on an indemnity basis from and including 11 April 2012. Catchwords: COSTS - indemnity costs - over-servicing - relevant delinquency - timing of special costs order Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 56, s 57 Property (Relationships) Act 1984 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 42.1 Cases Cited: Baker v Towle [2008] NSWCA 73 Bi v Mourad [2010] NSWCA 17 Deves v Porter [2003] NSWSC 878 Everett v Neale [2012] NSWDC 83 Kardos v Sarbutt (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 206 Liverpool City Council v Estephan Estephan (Executor and Administrator of the Estate of the late Jocelyn Estephan & Ors) [2009] NSWCA 161 Nu Line Construction Group Pty Ltd v Fowler (aka Grippaudo) [2012] NSWSC 816 Oshlack v Richmond River Council [1998] HCA 11 Parks v Thompson [1997] DFC 95 - 182 Separovich v Ferrao (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 346 Van Zonneveld v Seaton [2005] NSWSC 175 Category: Costs Parties: Nailse Messias (plaintiff) Wilson de Barros (defendant) Representation: Mr J F Heazlewood (plaintiff) Ms L Snelling (defendant) Penhall & Co (plaintiff) GP Legal (defendant) File Number(s): 2010/272845 Publication restriction: No