De Jong v Carnival PLC (No 2) [2016] NSWSC 1024

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: De Jong v Carnival PLC (No 2) [2016] NSWSC 1024 Hearing dates: 22 July 2016 Date of orders: 22 July 2016 Decision date: 22 July 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: 1. The Plaintiff's Notice of Motion filed 29 April 2016 and the Amended Notice of Motion filed 22 July 2016 be dismissed. 2. The balance of the Defendant's Notice of Motion filed 29 January 2016 is stood over to 2.00 pm on Friday, 2 September 2016. 3. The Plaintiff to pay the Defendant's costs of the Notice of Motion filed 29 April 2016 and the Amened Notice of Motion filed 22 July 2016. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – notice of motion – separate determination of a liability – utility of separate questions – whether will avoid costs – effect on application for security for costs – motion dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Crawley v Vero Insurance Ltd (2012) NSWSC 593 De Jong v Carnival PLC (2016) NSWSC 347 Jarvis v Swan Tours Limited [1973] 1 All ER 71 Southwell v Bennett (2010) NSWSC 1372 Tepko Pty Ltd v Water Board (2001) HCA 19; (2001) 206 CLR 1 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Lucretia De Jong – Plaintiff Carnival PLC t/as Carnival Cruise Line ACN 107998443 – Defendant Representation: Counsel: J.E. Rowe – Plaintiff J.A. Hogan-Doran and S Jayasuriya – Defendant