Stankovic v State of NSW (No. 2) [2016] NSWSC 335

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Stankovic v State of NSW (No. 2) [2016] NSWSC 335 Hearing dates: 17 March 2016 Date of orders: 07 April 2016 Decision date: 07 April 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Davies J Decision: Vary order 3 made by me on 8 February 2016 to provide:

The Plaintiff should pay the Defendants' costs in the sum of $18,122. Catchwords: COSTS – lump sum costs orders - plaintiff's proceedings summarily dismissed - circumstances where appropriate to make lump sum costs order - plaintiff asserts that he is impecunious – discount to be applied – lump sum cost order made Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General in and for the State of NSW v Bar-Mordecai [2013] NSWSC 1307 Australasian Performing Rights Association Ltd v Marlin [1999] FCA 1006 Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (No 2) (1995) 57 FCR 119; 135 ALR 160 Bobb v Wombat Securities Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 863 Coshott v Parker (No 3) [2015] NSWSC 1195 Hamod v State of New South Wales (No 13) [2009] NSWSC 756 Hamod v State of New South Wales and Anor [2011] NSWCA 375 Harrison & Anor v Schipp [2002] NSWCA 213; (2002) 54 NSWLR 738 Simone Starr-Diamond v Talus Diamond (No. 4) [2013] NSWSC 811 Stankovic v State of NSW [2016] NSWSC 18 Young v Hones (No 3) [2014] NSWSC 499 Zepinic v Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 99 Category: Costs Parties: Milovan Stankovic (Plaintiff) State of New South Wales (First Defendant) Land and Environment Court of New South Wales (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: In person (Plaintiff) G Sarginson (Defendants)