Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Goater [2016] NSWSC 216

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Goater [2016] NSWSC 216 Hearing dates: 25-26 February 2016 Decision date: 11 March 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Campbell J Decision: (1) Under r 42.7 I order that the costs payable under order 3(b) made by the Court of Appeal on 7th November 2014 are payable forthwith.

(2) The plaintiff pay the defendant costs of this application on the ordinary basis after they have been agreed or assessed. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – Costs – Interlocutory proceedings – departure from general rule that costs follow event – appropriateness to order otherwise PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – judgments and orders – whether jurisdiction to make costs order of Court of Appeal to be payable forthwith Legislation Cited: Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Agricultural & Rural Finance Pty Ltd v Atkinson [2013] NSWSC 1066 Forge & Ors v Australian Security Investments Commission [No 2] [2007] NSWCA 42; 69 NSWLR 575 Fiduciary Ltd v Morningstar Research Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 432 Goater v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2014] NSWCA 382 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Goater [2014] NSWSC 652 Goater v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2014] NSWCA 265 Goater v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 412 Jazabas Pty Ltd v Haddad [2006] NSWSC 880 Royal Australian Naval Reserve Rifle Club Inc v NSW Rifle Association Inc [2010] NSWSC 351 Short v Crawley (No. 45) [2013] NSWSC 1541 Showtime Touring Group Pty Ltd v Mosley Touring Inc [2013] NSWCA 53; 296 ALR 597 Traderight (NSW) Pty Ltd v Bank of Queensland Ltd (No 2) [2008] NSWSC 589 Wishart v Frazer [1941] HCA 8; 64 CLR 470 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Shirley Goater (First applicant) Terrence Goater (second applicant) Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr A Kaufmann (Plaintiff) Mr N Hill (solicitor) (Defendants)