Hannaford v The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, NSW (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 1921

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hannaford v The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, NSW (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 1921 Hearing dates: 11 December 2013 Decision date: 20 December 2013 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Schmidt J Decision: The defendant to bear the costs of the motion as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - costs - costs of notice of motion - indemnity costs orders sought - departing from the general rule - not established - defendant to bear costs of notice of motion Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: Colgate-Palmolive Co v Cussons Pty Ltd [1993] FCA 801; (1993) 46 FCR 225 Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd [1988] FCA 202; (1988) 81 ALR 397 Hannaford v The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, NSW [2013] NSWSC 1708 Unioil International Pty Ltd v Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (No 2) (1997) 18 WAR 190 Category: Costs Parties: Alan Varley Hannaford (First Plaintiff) Gregory James Gilbert (Second Plaintiff) The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, New South Wales trading as Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr DW Robertson (Plaintiffs) Mr D Kelly (Defendant) Solicitors: Baker Deane & Nutt (Plaintiffs) Moray & Agnew (Defendant) File Number(s): 2012/75021 Publication restriction: None