Grain Growers Limited v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1445

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Grain Growers Limited v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1445 Hearing dates: 4 – 5 June 2015 (last submissions as to costs 9 September 2015) Decision date: 30 September 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity - Corporations List Before: Black J Decision: Order that the Chief Commissioner pay Grain Growers' costs of the proceedings, as agreed or as assessed. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – where parties had mixed success – whether costs should follow the event – whether to award costs in accordance with the parties' success of clearly separable and dominant issues. Legislation Cited: - Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 98 - Payroll Tax Act 2007 (NSW) ss 48, 48(1), 48(2)

- Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 42.1 Cases Cited: - Bondi Beachside Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 128 - Bostik Australia Pty Ltd v Liddiard (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 304 - Corbett Court Pty Ltd v Quasar Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 1423 - Doppstadt Australia Pty Ltd v Lovick & Son Developments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 219 - Grain Growers Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2015] NSWSC 925 - Hughes v Western Australian Cricket Association (Inc) (1986) ATPR 40-748 - Milne v Attorney-General (Tasmania) [1956] HCA 48; (1956) 95 CLR 460 - Monie v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2008] NSWCA 15 - Oshlack v Richmond River Council [1998] HCA 11; (1998) 193 CLR 72 - Re Colorado Products Pty Ltd (in prov liq) [2014] NSWSC 1509 - Ruddock v Vadarlis (No 2) [2001] FCA 1865; (2001) 115 FCR 229 - Short v Crawley (No 40) [2008] NSWSC 1302 - The Owners – Strata Plan 61162 v Lipman [2014] NSWSC 622 Category: Costs Parties: Grain Growers Limited (Plaintiff) Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Batrouney QC/J Gatland (Plaintiff) R L Seiden SC/S Kaur-Bains (Defendant)