Penson v Titan National Pty Ltd (No 4) [2015] NSWCA 350

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Penson v Titan National Pty Ltd (No 4) [2015] NSWCA 350 Hearing dates: 14, 21, 28 September; 12, 27 October 2015 Date of orders: 13 January 2015 Decision date: 13 January 2015 Before: Emmett AJA Decision: 1 The "Notice of Discontinuance" filed on 22 September 2015 in proceedings 2015/231328 be removed from the court file, pursuant to r 4.15 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW).

2 The applicant on the notice of motion filed on 8 September 2015 pay to the respondents to that motion the sum of $7,250 as a specified gross sum, pursuant to s 98(4)(c) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW).

3 The respondent to the notice of motion filed on 23 September 2015 pay to the applicants on that motion the sum of $4,000 as a specified gross sum, pursuant to s 98(4)(c) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW).

4 The applicant on the notice of motion filed on 8 September 2015 pay interest on the costs stated in orders (2) and (3) above at the rates prescribed from time to time for the purposes of s 101 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), such interest to commence to run when the respondents have paid to Pure Legal the costs of the motion filed on 8 September 2015 and of the motion filed on 23 September 2015. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – costs – application for indemnity costs – application for specified gross sum costs order under s 98(4)(c) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) – long history of litigation

PROCEDURE – stay – whether the application for stay, which was later dismissed, would have had prospects of success Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 98, 101 District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 127 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 4.15, 12.1, 12.3, 12.4, 12.10, 36.10, 42.19, 42.20, 51.56 Cases Cited: Aquaqueen International Pty Ltd v Weber [2014] NSWCA 101 Baulderstone Hornibrook Engineering Pty Ltd v Gagner Pty Ltd t/as Indochine Café v Cantouri Corporation Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 413 Gordian Runoff (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 12 Hamod v State of New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 375 In the matter of Aquaqueen International Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 500 Kassem v Koutavas [2012] NSWSC 236 Lahoud v Lahoud [2006] NSWSC 126 Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Nicholls [2011] HCA 48; 244 CLR 427 Penson v Titan National Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 120Penson v Titan National Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] NSWCA 121 Spedding v Nobles (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 87 Weber v Aquaqueen International Pty Ltd; Aquaqueen International Pty Ltd v Weber [2013] NSWSC 1181 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Shirley Penson (Applicant) Titan National Pty Ltd (First Respondent) Kathryn Wood-Weber (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Applicant) C Perry (solicitor) (Respondents)