Tavener v St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney Limited [2018] NSWDC 378

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Tavener v St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Limited [2018] NSWDC 378 Hearing dates: 16 November 2018 Date of orders: 07 December 2018 Decision date: 07 December 2018 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Scotting DCJ Decision: (1) The defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs of an incidental to the defendant's Notice of Motion filed on 9 August 2018 and the plaintiff's Notice of Motion filed on 12 September 2018 on the ordinary basis as agreed or assessed (without reference to Schedule 7 of the Workers Compensation Regulation 2016). (2) Costs are payable forthwith. (3) I grant leave to the parties to approach the Judicial Registrar for directions for further case management. Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — Costs orders in interlocutory proceedings Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 Limitation Act 1969 Workers Compensation Act 1987 Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 Cases Cited: Certain Lloyds Underwriters v Thelander (2012) 248 CLR 378 Chubs Construction Pty Ltd and Chamma (No 2) (2010) 78 NSWLR 679 at [29]. Clutha Developments Pty Ltd v Barry (1989) 18 NSWLR 86 Ortlipp v Employers Mutual NSW Limited as agent for the Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer (No 2) [2014] NSWDC 158 Taylor v The Owners – Strata Plan No 11564 (2014) 253 CLR 531 Texts Cited: Workers Compensation Regulation 2016 Category: Costs Parties: Susan Tavener (Plaintiff) St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Limited (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr R Goodridge (Plaintiff) Mr D Stanton (Defendant)