Ollerenshaw v The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) [2017] NSWSC 1637

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ollerenshaw v The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) [2017] NSWSC 1637 Hearing dates: 13 July 2017 Date of orders: 28 November 2017 Decision date: 28 November 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Walton J Decision: The Court makes the following order and directions:

(1) The amended notice of motion is dismissed.

(2) In the event that the parties agree as to orders for costs of the application, short minutes of order should be filed reflecting that agreement within 7 days of publication of this judgment. In the absence of agreement, the plaintiff shall file and serve a short submission in support of any application for costs within 14 days of publication of this judgment. The fifth defendant shall file any submissions in reply within a further 14 days of service of those submissions by the plaintiff. If a party wishes to have an oral hearing in relation to the question of costs of the application that contention should be incorporated in their submissions. Otherwise, the Court will determine any disputed question of costs on the papers. Catchwords: COSTS – security for costs – whether the plaintiff is ordinarily resident outside Australia – factors relevant to the exercise of discretion to order a security for costs order – whether the plaintiff is impecunious – whether the plaintiff's circumstances would stultify proceedings – whether the proceedings was a matter of public importance – application dismissed Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bell Wholesale Co Ltd v Gates Export Corporation (1984) 2 FCR 1 Bell Wholesale Co Pty Ltd v Gates Export Corporation (No 2) (1984) 52 ALR 176 Corbett v Nguyen [2008] NSWSC 1265 Corby v Channel Seven Sydney Pty Limited [2008] NSWSC 245 Cornelius v Global Medical Solutions Australia Pty Ltd; Farag v Global Medical Solutions Australia Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 65 Cowell v Taylor (1885) 31 Ch D 34 Fiduciary Ltd v Morningstar Research Pty Ltd (2004) 208 ALR 564; [2004] NSWSC 664 Green Camel Pty Ltd v Urban Ecological Systems Ltd [2017] NSWSC 362 Gujarat NRE Australia Pty Limited v Gary Alexander Williams [2006] NSWSC 992 Hastings v Hastings [2009] NSWCA 294 Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Ltd [2001] NSWSC 744 Jazabas v Haddad [2008] NSWSC 593 Jeffery & Katauskas Pty Ltd v SST Consulting Pty Ltd (2009) 239 CLR 75 KP Cable Investments Pty Ltd v Meltglow Pty Ltd (1995) 56 FCR 189 Leyvand v Barasch (High Court of Justice, 15th February 2000 unreported; 2000 WL191256) Li v State of New South Wales [2013] NSWCA 165 Logue v Hansen Technologies Ltd (2003) 125 FCR 590; [2003] FCA 81 Melville v Craig Nowlan & Associates Pty Ltd (2001) 54 NSWLR 82 Merribee Pastoral Industries v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (1998) 193 CLR 502 Morris v Hanley [2000] NSWSC 957 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Pearson v Naydler [1977] 1 WLR 899 Porzelack KG v Porzelak (UK) Ltd [1987] 1 WLR 420 Powell v Aymkone Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 1261 Smail v Burton [1975] VR 776 at 780 Soh v Commonwealth of Australia (2006) 231 ALR 425 Southern Cross Exploration NL v Fire & All Risks Insurance Co Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 114 Wollongong City Council v Legal Business Centre Pty Ltd [2012] NSWCA 245 Zakka v George Elias t/as Cadmus Lawyers [2012] NSWCA 277 Texts Cited: F Stroud, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases (5th ed, 1986) Category: Costs Parties: Angus Ollerenshaw (Plaintiff) The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (First Defendant) Ian Paterson (Second Defendant) Adrian Nisbett (Third Defendant) Craig Treloar (Fourth Defendant) Timothy May (Fifth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: E G Romaniuk SC with S J Maybury (Plaintiff) K Eastman SC (First Defendant) S Selbakumaran (Second Defendant) S Gray (Fifth Defendant)