Salmon v Osmond (No 3) [2015] NSWCA 271

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Salmon v Osmond (No 3) [2015] NSWCA 271 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 09 September 2015 Before: Beazley P; McColl JA; Gleeson JA Decision: The appellants' notice of motion filed 4 June 2015 dismissed with costs. Catchwords: COSTS – succession – one claimant partially successful on claim – another claimant unsuccessful on claim – whether unsuccessful party should bear entire cost of defending the proceedings – unsuccessful party to bear portion of costs attributable to her claim Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Salmon v Osmond [2015] NSWCA 42 Salmon v Osmond (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 131 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Michael Augustine Salmon, Esmae Frances Salmon and Sue Frances Salmon (Appellants) Kerryn Therese Osmond (First Respondent) Donna Maree Peters (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D A Smallbone (Appellants) M K Meek SC; N C T Bilinsky (Respondents)

Solicitors: RJI Legal (Appellants) Peter Evans & Associates (Respondents) File Number(s): CA 2013/245425 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Supreme Court Citation: Peters v Salmon [2013] NSWSC 953 Peters v Salmon (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 1071 Date of Decision: 19 July 2013; 17 September 2013 Before: Ball J File Number(s): 2012/60490