YZ v Amazon (No 6) [2015] NSWSC 1951

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: YZ v Amazon (No 6) [2015] NSWSC 1951 Hearing dates: 11 December 2015 Date of orders: 11 December 2015 Decision date: 11 December 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: In respect of the matters determined in YZ v Amazon (No 3), plaintiff to pay three-quarters of the costs of the first, third, fourth and sixth defendants. In respect of the argument determined in YZ v Amazon (No 4), plaintiff to pay the first, third, fourth and sixth defendants' costs. Catchwords: COSTS – ordinary rule that costs follow the event – where issues determined involved a measure of complexity – where plaintiff unrepresented – where plaintiff propounded multiple pleadings in respect of which the defendants incurred costs Cases Cited: YZ v Amazon (No 3) [2015] NSWSC 1130 YZ v Amazon (No 4) [2015] NSWSC 1346 Category: Costs Parties: YZ (Plaintiff) Amazon (1st defendant) Smashwords Inc (2nd defendant) OP (3rd defendant) QRS (4th defendant) WX (6th defendant) Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff appeared in person S Chrysanthou (first defendant) No appearance for the second defendant R Potter (third, fourth and sixth defendants)

Solicitors: Plaintiff self-represented HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (first defendant) Dwyer Bruce Legal (third, fourth and sixth defendants) File Number(s): 2013/178073 Publication restriction: Note: Some of the parties in these proceedings are the subject of pseudonym orders.