Sanders v D & L Heavy Haulage Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1119

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Sanders v D & L Heavy Haulage Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1119 Hearing dates: 10 August 2015 Decision date: 11 August 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Button J Decision: (1) The hearing date of 31 August 2015 is vacated. (2) The matter is listed for directions before the Common Law Registrar at 9:00 am on 14 December 2015. (3) Each party has liberty to restore the matter to the Common Law Registrar's list on seven days' notice to all other parties. (4) Costs of the motion of 7 August 2015 and costs thrown away by the vacation of the hearing date are the costs in the cause of the defendants. Catchwords: COSTS – vacation of hearing date by consent – whether costs should be reserved – whether costs should be costs in the cause Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Jason Sanders (Plaintiff) D & L Heavy Haulage Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Darrell Sharman(Second Defendant) Gillespie Cranes Nominees Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) Traffic Technologies Limited (Fourth Defendant) Track Australia Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant) Mark O'Keefe (Sixth Defendant) Mark A O'Keefe Pty Ltd (Seventh Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D Campbell SC (Plaintiff) A J J Renshaw (First and Second Defendants) T Berberian (Third, Sixth, and Seventh Defendants) M J Gollan (Fourth Defendant) C Finn (Fifth Defendant)