Homsi v Pasquale (No. 3) [2018] NSWDC 279

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Homsi v Pasquale (No. 3) [2018] NSWDC 279 Hearing dates: 27 September 2018 Date of orders: 05 October 2018 Decision date: 05 October 2018 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Plaintiff pay the respondent's costs of the appearances on 22 and 24 May 2018 in relation to the notice to produce served by the respondent, Mr Jason Di Michiel trading as Premier Compensation Lawyers Pty Ltd. (2) Application by the respondent, Mr Jason Di Michiel trading as Premier Compensation Lawyers Pty Ltd, for costs of the motion filed on 27 February 2018 dismissed, with each party to pay his, her or its costs of the application, including the hearing on 28 September 2018. Catchwords: COSTS – unsuccessful application for costs against the solicitor for the defendant – whether costs should follow the event – whether the solicitor's conduct "invited" the application - "disentitling conduct" – each party to pay own costs of the application Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56 – 62, 98 and 99 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 42.1, 42.34 and 42.35 Cases Cited: Arian v Nguyen [2001] NSWCA 5 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited v Jaeger (District Court of New South Wales, 23 August 2017) Cha v Oh (No 13) (2009) 9 DCLR (NSW) 67 Cretazzo v Lombardi (1975) 11 SASR 1 Homsi v Nabulsi [2017] NSWDC 16 Homsi v Pasquale [2017] NSWDC 371 Homsi v Pasquale (No. 2) [2018] NSWDC 276 Mahenthirarasa v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (No 2) (2008) 72 NSWLR 273 Moseley v AB (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 1812 Ritter v Godfrey [1920] 2 KB 47 Ryde Developments Pty Ltd v Property Investors Alliance Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] NSWCA 40 Tomanovic v Global Mortgage Equity Corp Pty Ltd (No 2) (2011) 288 ALR 385 Waterman v Gerling (Costs) [2005] NSWSC 1111 Texts Cited: P. Taylor, Dr E. Elms, M. Meek SC, The Hon Justice G. Bellew, Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure NSW (LexisNexis, Australia) Category: Costs Parties: Plaintiff/Applicant: Souraya Homsi Defendant: Felli Pasquale Respondent: Jason Di Michiel Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff/Applicant: Mr Purkiss Defendant: Mr A J J Renshaw Respondent: Ms A Horvath