Taouk v Assure (NSW) Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 160

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Taouk v Assure (NSW) Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 160 Hearing dates: 26 June 2017 Date of orders: 26 June 2017 Decision date: 29 June 2017 Before: Meagher JA Decision: The respondent's notice of motion filed 14 June 2017 is dismissed with costs. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – uniform civil procedure – security for costs – application under Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 42.21, 51.50 and inherent jurisdiction – where appellant failed to comply with orders at first instance – whether non-compliance justified security for costs on appeal – where appellant property developer enjoyed "interests" in properties held under discretionary trust – whether reason to believe appellant divested assets to avoid consequences of adverse costs order by causing trustee to sell two properties at undervalue – no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 42.21(1), (1B) and 51.50 Cases Cited: Cherry v Read and Others (Full Court of Federal Court, Black CJ, Sackville, Finn JJ, 21 November 1996, unrep). Cowell v Taylor (1885) 31 Ch D 34 Green v CGU Insurance Limited [2008] NSWCA 148; (2008) 67 ACSR 105 Levy v Bablis [2011] NSWCA 411 Pi v Zhou [2017] NSWCA 16 Preston v Harbour Pacific Underwriting Management Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 247 Remm Construction (SA) Pty Ltd v Allco Newsteel Pty Ltd (1992) 57 SASR 180 Sagacious Procurement Pty Limited v Symbion Health Limited [2007] NSWCA 205 Shannon v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group [1994] 2 Qd R 563 at 563-564 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Joseph Taouk (Appellant) Assure (NSW) Pty Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Allan (Solicitor) (Appellant) P Reynolds (Solicitor) (Respondent)