Downer EDI Rail Pty Ltd v John Holland Pty Ltd; John Holland Pty Ltd v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd (No 6); Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd v John Holland Pty Ltd (No 5); John Holland Pty Limited v Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd; Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd [2018] NSWSC 581

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Downer EDI Rail Pty Ltd v John Holland Pty Ltd; John Holland Pty Ltd v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd (No 6); Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd v John Holland Pty Ltd (No 5); John Holland Pty Limited v Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd; Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd [2018] NSWSC 581 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 02 May 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity - Technology and Construction List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Costs and final orders as set out at [24], [48] and [54] Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — General rule that costs follow the event — where costs follow the event in main proceedings — whether third and fourth defendant should not have costs incurred preparing evidence of witness not called — whether plaintiffs should have their costs of responding to that evidence — where related proceedings referred to arbitration — where arbitration subsequently remitted to court to be heard concurrently with main proceedings — whether plaintiff should pay costs of that arbitration Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Civil Procedure Regulation 2017 (NSW) Commercial Arbitration Act 2010 (NSW) Cases Cited: Downer EDI Rail Pty Ltd v John Holland Pty Ltd; John Holland Pty Ltd v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd (No 5); Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd v John Holland Pty Ltd (No 4) [2018] NSWSC 326 Downer EDI Rail Pty Ltd v John Holland Pty Ltd; Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd v John Holland Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 529 John Holland Pty Ltd v Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 451 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298; [1959] HCA 8 Management Services Australia Pty Ltd v PM Works Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 336 Siemens Ltd v Vaughan Constructions Pty Ltd [2006] VSC 452 Category: Costs Parties: In proceedings 2015/120806: Downer EDI Rail Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff) EDI Rail PPP Maintenance Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff) John Holland Pty Ltd (First Defendant/Cross-Claimant) Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Atlantis Corporation Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited (Fourth Defendant/Cross-Defendant)