Young v Cooke (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1787

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Young v Cooke (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1787 Hearing dates: 3 October 2017; 25 May and 15 June 2018 (written submissions) Date of orders: 21 November 2018 Decision date: 21 November 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Walton J Decision: The plaintiff shall pay the defendants' ordinary costs of the further amended notice of motion filed on 3 October 2017, as agreed or assessed, payable forthwith. Catchwords: COSTS – security for costs application – general principles – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 42.1 and 42.7 – whether costs in the cause – defendants' substantially successful – prejudice to the defendants – costs payable forthwith – orders Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Allplastics Engineering Pty Ltd v Dornoch Ltd [2006] NSWCA 33 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Rich [2003] NSWSC 297 EKO Investments Pty Limited v Austruc Constructions Ltd [2009] NSWSC 371 Fiduciary Ltd v Morningstar Research Pty Ltd (2002) 55 NSWLR 1; [2002] NSWSC 432 Fiduciary Ltd v Morningstar Research Pty Ltd (2004) 208 ALR 564; [2004] NSWSC 664 Jazabas Pty Ltd v Haddad [2006] NSWSC 88 Knight v Clifton [1971] Ch 700 Lex Fitness Pty Ltd ATF Lex Family Trust v Australian Fitness Management Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 157 Megna v Marshall [2005] NSWSC 1326 MHG Plastic Industries Pty Ltd v Quality Assurance Services Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 821 Moseley v AB (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 1812 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Plyable Pty Ltd v Go Gecko (Franchise) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2016] QSC 256 Richards v Kadian (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 373 Ritter v Godfrey [1920] 2 KB 47 Solarus Products v Vero Insurance (No 4) [2013] NSWSC 1012 Tomanovic v Global Mortgage Equity Corporation Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 256 Young v Cooke [2018] NSWSC 588 Texts Cited: G E Dal Pont, Law of Costs (Butterworths, 3rd ed, 2013) Category: Costs Parties: Gary Young (Plaintiff / Respondent) Bill Cooke (First Defendant / Applicant on Motion) Helena Cooke (Second Defendant / Applicant on Motion) Representation: Counsel: D Stewart with A Hopkins (Defendants / Applicants on Motion)