William McCausland v Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 (No. 3) [2014] NSWSC 590

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: William McCausland v Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 (No. 3) [2014] NSWSC 590 Hearing dates: 2 May 2014 Decision date: 16 May 2014 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Slattery J Decision: See paragraph [83]. Catchwords: COSTS - general rule that costs follow the event - proceedings cross-vested from the IRC - whether costs orders of the current proceedings should cover the IRC proceedings - costs thrown away by reason of the plaintiffs' application for adjournment of the IRC proceedings - whether mixed success by plaintiff against multiple defendants justifies any reapportionment of costs - interest on costs - usual order for interest on costs that plaintiff is entitled to interest on the proportion of its costs allowed, being calculated from the day that the underlying costs were in fact paid by the plaintiff - whether usual order for interest on costs applies to protracted proceedings - reasons for protracted nature of litigation. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, ss 100, 101(4) Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW), s 106 Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross Vesting) Act 1987 (NSW), s 12 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 42.1 Cases Cited: Bennett v Jones (1977) 2 NSWLR 355 Bostik Australia Pty Ltd v Liddiard (No. 2) [2009] NSWCA 304 Carrabubula Holdings Pty Ltd v State Bank of New South Wales [2000] NSWSC 232 David Weiping Chin v Kim Man Chan (2009) VSCA 233 Drummond & Rosen Pty Ltd v Easey (No. 2) [2009] NSWCA 331 Dungowan Manly Pty Ltd v McLaughlin [2012] NSWCA 180 Faulkner v Bourke (1990) 19 NSWLR 574 Fexuto Pty Ltd v Bosnjak Holdings Pty Ltd (No. 3) (1998) 30 ACSR 20 Howards Storage World Pty Ltd v Haviv Holdings Pty Ltd (2010) 182 FCR 84 Illawarra Hotel Co v Walton Construction (No. 2) (2013) 84 NSWLR 436 Leda Pty Ltd v Weerden (No. 2) [2007] NSWCA 283 Mineralogy Pty Ltd v Sino Iron Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 546 Ruby v Marsh (1975) 132 CLR 642 Sabah Yazgi v Permanent Custodians (No. 2) [2007] NSWCA 306 Screenco Pty Ltd v R.L. Dew Pty Ltd (2003) 58 NSWLR 720 Seller v Jones [2014] NSWCA 19 Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 & Ors v William McCausland [2006] NSWIRComm 276 Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 & Ors v William McCausland (No. 3) [2007] NSWIRComm 64 Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 & Ors v William McCausland (No. 6) [2007] NSWIRComm 285 Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 & Ors v William McCausland [2008] FCA 1522 Tomanovic v Global Mortgage Equity Corp Pty Ltd (No. 2) (2011) 288 ALR 385 Wardle v Agricultural & Rural Finance Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2012] NSWCA 388 William McCausland v Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 & Ors [2005] NSWIRComm 334 William McCausland v Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 & Ors [2006] NSWIRComm 261 William McCausland v Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 & Ors [2007] NSWIRComm 322. William McCausland v Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 & Ors [2009] NSWIRComm 187 William McCausland v Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 & Ors [2006] NSWIRComm 261 William McCausland v Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 & Ors [2009] NSWIRComm 187 William McCausland v Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 [2013] NSWSC 902 William McCausland v Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 090 252 752 [2014] NSWSC 163 Ying v Song [2011] NSWSC 618 Category: Costs Parties: Plaintiffs:- William McCausland and Yvonne McCausland Defendants:- Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd, SHI Holdings Pty Limited, Surf Hardware International Pty Limited, Timothy Arthur Bosher, Timothy John Ford, Crescent Capital Partners Limited, MDC Development Capital II Pty Limited, TMX Pty Limited, Michael Alscher and Robert Arthur Richard Lee Representation: Plaintiff:- T. Alexis SC, R. Hardcastle Defendant:- A. Sullivan QC, D. Robertson, T. Saunders Plaintiffs:- Bill Henry, Turtons Lawyers Defendant:- Peter Thompson, Thompson, Eslick Solicitors File Number(s): 2009/00290594 Publication restriction: No