Yarraford Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v Lewington [2017] NSWSC 316

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Yarraford Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v Lewington [2017] NSWSC 316 Hearing dates: 9 February 2017 Date of orders: 07 April 2017 Decision date: 07 April 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Davies J Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted.

(2) Appeal dismissed.

(3) The Plaintiff is to pay the Defendant's costs. Catchwords: APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – appeal from magistrate – application for leave to appeal – issue concerning costs – judgment pronounced by magistrate but no orders as to costs made – application for costs made years later – whether magistrate functus officio – finality principle

PROCEDURE – costs – where costs order sought subsequent to judgment – whether application to vary judgment – whether limitation in r 36.16(3A) UCPR applied – scope of s 98(3) Civil Procedure Act – relationship of s 98(3) to finality principle – whether application could be made under the slip rule Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) High Court Rules 1952 Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bailey v Marinoff (1971) 125 CLR 529 Drummond & Rosen Pty Ltd v Easey [No 2] [2009] NSWCA 331 Grace v Grace (No 9) [2014] NSWSC 1239 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 L Shaddock & Associates Pty Limited v The Council of the City of Parramatta (No 2) (1983) 151 CLR 590 Moustach Pty Ltd v Eddie Takchi [2015] NSWSC 2080 New South Wales Insurance Ministerial Corporation v Edkins (1998) 45 NSWLR 8 Raybos Australia Pty Ltd v Tectran Corporation Pty Ltd (1988) 77 ALR 190 Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales, Council of the Shire of Evans & Pioneer Road Services Pty Ltd v Palmer (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 140 Rodi v Gelonesi [2016] NSWCA 348 Short v Crawley (No. 45) [2013] NSWSC 1541 Yarraford Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v Lewington [2015] NSWSC 522 Zepinic v Chateau Constructions (Australia) Ltd (No 2) [2013] NSWCA 227 Zoef v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] NSWCA 2 Category: Costs Parties: Yarraford Pastoral Co Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Richard Lewington (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr M Henry SC with Mr T Flaherty (Plaintiff) Mr D A Smallbone (Defendant)