Bookarelli Pty Ltd v Katanga Developments Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 69

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Bookarelli Pty Ltd v Katanga Developments Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 69 Hearing dates: 23 March 2017 Decision date: 05 April 2017 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1], Payne JA at [2], Sackville AJA at [3] Decision: 1. The Amended Summons filed on 8 December 2016 be dismissed. 2. The applicant pay the respondent's costs of the proceedings in this Court. 3. Subject to any application as to costs that may be made by the respondent, the applicant file and serve written submissions within 14 days as to whether it should be ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings in this Court on an indemnity basis. Catchwords: JUDICIAL REVIEW – application for judicial review of a decision of the District Court on appeal from a Costs Review Panel – whether District Court committed jurisdictional error by failing to apply the so-called "rule of thumb" in a case where the plaintiff succeeded against one defendant but failed against another

COSTS – assessment of costs – status of "rule of thumb" Legislation Cited: District Court Act 1973 (NSW), ss 127(2)(b), (c), 176, Pt 4 Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), ss 367A, 373, 374, 375, 384 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), ss 4, 167(a) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69

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Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015 (NSW), reg 59 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 42.1, 42.7, 51.45(1A); Pt 59 Cases Cited: Bookarelli Pty Ltd v Katanga Developments Pty Ltd (District Court (NSW), 27 July 2016, unrep) Chen v Chan (No 2) [2009] VSCA 233 Cranbrook School v Woollahra Municipal Council (2006) 66 NSWLR 379; [2006] NSWCA 155 Currabubula Holdings Pty Ltd v State Bank of New South Wales [2000] NSWSC 232 James v Royal Bank of Scotland (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 970 Katanga Developments Pty Limited v Bookarelli Pty Limited [2013] NSWDC 237 Kirk v Industrial Court of New South Wales (2010) 239 CLR 531; [2010] HCA 1 Kirkpatrick v Kotis (2004) 62 NSWLR 567; [2004] NSWSC 1265 Re Colquhoun (1854) 5 De GM&G 35; 43 ER 781 Rogers v Wentworth (Court of Appeal (NSW), 18 April 1988, unrep) Wardle v Agricultural and Rural Finance Pty Ltd (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 388 YZ Finance Co Pty Ltd v Cummings (1964) 109 CLR 395; [1964] HCA 12 Texts Cited: GE Dal Pont, Law of Costs, (3rd ed 2013, LexisNexis Butterworths) at [14.24] Category: Principal judgment Parties: Bookarelli Pty Ltd (Applicant)