Nguyen v Grippaudo [2017] NSWSC 1209

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Nguyen v Grippaudo [2017] NSWSC 1209 Hearing dates: 04/09/2017 Date of orders: 04 September 2017 Decision date: 04 September 2017 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: McDougall J Decision: Declarations and orders by consent; no order as to costs. Catchwords: COSTS – where there is a final decision that has not been reached or made after a consideration of the merits – where it was necessary to approach the Court to obtain relief – where the defendant was willing to accept an offer earlier made by the plaintiff – where there is a disputed issue that has not been determined – no order as to costs Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ferguson v Hyndman [2006] NSWSC 538 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; Ex Parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 Category: Costs Parties: The Nghiep (Andrew) Nguyen) (First Plaintiff) Toan Vuong (Second Plaintiff) Thai Trac (Third Plaintiff) Susan Tailo (Fourth Plaintiff) Peter Fowler Grippaudo (Frist Defendant) Christopher Stone (Second Defendant) Stuart Clark (Third Defendant) Geoffry Underwood (Fourth Defendant) Anthony Herron (Fifth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D A Smallbone (Plaintiff) S J Duggan (Second Defendant)

Solicitors: Solve Legal Pty Ltd (Plaintiffs) Harpur Phillips (Second Defendant) File Number(s): 2017/242449