Timothy John Olsen and Louise Sarah Olsen (as executors of the Estate of the late Valerie Marshall Olsen) v Second East Auction Holdings Pty Ltd t/as Sotheby's Australia [2014] NSWSC 1840

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Timothy John Olsen and Louise Sarah Olsen (as executors of the Estate of the late Valerie Marshall Olsen) v Second East Auction Holdings Pty Ltd t/as Sotheby's Australia [2014] NSWSC 1840 Hearing dates: 15 December 2014 Decision date: 19 December 2014 Before: Sackar J Decision: See paragraph [94] Catchwords: COSTS - indemnity costs - where application for preliminary discovery in relation to unidentified vendor of painting - where application for interlocutory injunction - where leave sought by plaintiffs to discontinue proceedings - where late enquiries revealed no basis for proceeding with application - whether defendant entitled to indemnity costs Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Australiawide Airlines Ltd v Aspirion Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 365 Baulderstone Hornibrook Engineering Pty Ltd v Gordian Runoff Ltd and Ors [2008] NSWCA 243 Bi v Mourad [2010] NSWCA 17 Bitannia Pty Ltd v Parkline Constructions Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 32 Cummins v Australian Jockey Club Ltd [2009] NSWSC 254 Executors of the Estate of the late Valerie Marshall Olsen v Second East Holdings Pty Ltd t/as Sotheby's Australia [2014] NSWSC 1675 Fordyce v Fordham [2006] NSWCA 274 Hans Pet Constructions Pty Ltd v Cassar [2009] NSWCA 230 Harrison v Schipp [2001] NSWCA 13 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Levis v McDonald (1997) 75 FCR 36 Liu v The Age Company & Ors [2010] NSWSC 1176 Mainteck Services Pty Limited v Stein Heurtey SA and Stein Heurtey Australia Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 1165 McBride v Christie's Australia Pty Limited [2014] NSWSC 1729 Newcastle Wallsend Coal Co Pty Ltd v Industrial Relations Commission (NSW) [2006] NSWCA 129 Packer v Meagher [1984] 3 NSWLR 486 Re The Minster for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia; Ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 Richards v Cornford (No 3) [2010] NSWCA 134 The Age Company Ltd & Ors v Liu [2013] NSWCA 26 Texts Cited: J D Heydon, Cross on Evidence (9th edition, 2013) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Timothy John Olsen as Executor of the Estate of the late Valerie Marshall Olsen - first plaintiff Louise Sarah Olsen as Executor of the Estate of the late Valerie Marshall Olsen - second plaintiff Second East Auction Holdings Pty Ltd t/as Sotheby's Australia - defendant Representation: Counsel: C O'Neill - plaintiffs J E Richards - defendant Solicitors: Kay and Hughes - plaintiffs John F Morrissey & Co Lawyers - defendant File Number(s): 2014/342426