Velik v Steingold [2017] NSWDC 37

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Velik v Steingold [2017] NSWDC 37 Hearing dates: 2 December 2016, 15 February 2017 Date of orders: 03 March 2017 Decision date: 03 March 2017 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Dicker SC DCJ Decision: (1) The Amended Summons is dismissed. (2) The plaintiffs are to pay the first defendant's costs of the proceedings as agreed or assessed. (3) Liberty to the parties to apply for a different costs order to that set out in (2) above. Catchwords: Appeal – costs – whether the Costs Review Panel erred in relation to consideration of interlocutory costs orders made in the Supreme Court – whether costs order made by the Court of Appeal impliedly replaced interlocutory Supreme Court costs orders – whether certain items of costs claimed should have been allowed by the Review Panel – whether the plaintiff should have been ordered to pay the costs before the Review Panel Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bunning v Cross (1978) 141 CLR 54 Crowley v Glissan (1905) 2 CLR 402 Frumar v The Owners of Strata Plan 36957 [2006] NSWCA 278 Hancock v Rinehart [2015] NSWSC 1640 Kostas v HIA Insurance Services Pty Ltd [2010] HCA 32 Lawrence v Ramensky Lawyers [2006] NSWSC 175 Levy v Bergseng [2008] NSWSC 294 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Ryan v Hansen [2000] NSWSC 354 Turner v Pride [1999] NSWSC 850 Velik v Steingold [2013] NSWCA 303 Vumbaca v Sultana [2012] NSWDC 237 Wende v Horwath (NSW) Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 170 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Stephen Wayne Velik (First Plaintiff) Laura Allison Velik (Second Plaintiff) Noreen Steingold (First Defendant) Gordon Albert Salier (Second Defendant) John Lawrence Sharpe (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: S Velik (Plaintiffs) M Castle (First Defendant)