Chow v Chow (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1348

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Chow v Chow (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1348 Hearing dates: 1 September 2015 Date of orders: 18 September 2015 Decision date: 18 September 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Young AJA Decision: Costs of all parties be paid out of the proceeds of sale Catchwords: COSTS – application for sale under s66G of Conveyancing Act 1919 – whether 'usual order' for all costs out of proceeds appropriate – significance of conduct by one party causing delay COSTS – proceedings commenced May 2015 – negotiations 2011-2015 producing substantial costs – whether such costs to be costs of the proceedings Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act, 2005 (NSW) Supreme Court Act, 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Barel v Segal (No 3) [2012] NSWSC 1319 Botros v Frank [2013] NSWSC 712 Edwards v Santos Ltd [2011] HCA 8; 242 CLR 421 Kardos v Sarbutt (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 206 Kirk v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2010] HCA 1; 239 CLR 531 McIntyre v Perkes (1988) 15 NSWLR 417 Re Gibson's Settlement Trusts [1981] Ch 179 Perpetual Executors & Trustees Association of Australia Ltd v Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company Ltd (1903) 29 VLR 427 Tasleen v Beverley [2014] 1 WLR 3567 TF v Department of Family & Community Services [2015] NSWSC 694 Thomson v Sweeney [2013] NSWSC 1383 Texts Cited: Law of Costs, Professor Dal Pont (Lexisnexis, Butterworth, 2013) Category: Costs Parties: Chow Kwok Chi - plaintiff Chow Kwok Chuen – first defendant Chow Kwok Ching – second defendant Jack Thomas – third defendant (submitting appearance) Representation: Counsel: P H Blackburn-Hart SC with Ms D Tucker – for the plaintiff S O'Brien – for the first defendant M Walton SC with M W Sneddon – for the second defendant