Nadarajapillai v Naderasa (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 209

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Nadarajapillai v Naderasa (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 209 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 21 July 2015 Decision date: 21 July 2015 Before: McColl JA at [1]; Macfarlan JA at [2]; Emmett JA at [3] Decision: 1 Order that Jagdish Patel, the solicitor for the appellant in the proceedings in this Court, pay to the respondent the amount of the costs that the appellant was ordered to pay the respondent on 27 April 2015.

2 Order that Jagdish Patel pay the respondent's costs of the notice of motion filed on 8 May 2015. Catchwords: COSTS – application for order against legal practitioner – supervisory jurisdiction of Supreme Court over legal practitioners – whether costs incurred by the misconduct of applicant's solicitor – Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56 and 99 Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56-60, s 99 Cases Cited: Kelly v Jowett [2009] NSWCA 278; 76 NSWLR 405 Lemoto v Able Technical Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 153; 63 NSWLR 300 Myers v Elman [1940] AC 282 Nadarajapillai v Naderasa [2015] NSWCA 109 Re Felicity; FM v Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services (No 4) [2015] NSWCA 19 Ridehalgh v Horsefield [1994] Ch 205 Category: Costs Parties: Pirpakaran Nadarajapillai (Appellant) Ravindran Naderasa (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Patel (solicitor) (Appellant) B Loukas (Respondent)