The Berry Rural Co Operative Society Ltd v Sepak Industries Pty Ltd (No 4) [2018] NSWSC 1902

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Berry Rural Co Operative Society Ltd v Sepak Industries Pty Ltd (No 4) [2018] NSWSC 1902 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 10 December 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: (1) Order pursuant to s 98(4) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) that the costs of the defendants preparing the evidence served on 3 October 2018 be specified at $70,000.

(2) Order that the costs of the plaintiff's notice of motion of 12 October 2018 be the defendants' costs in the cause. Catchwords: COSTS — Party/party — Bases of quantification — Indemnity basis — specification as a gross sum Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ross v Padget [2016] NSWSC 1851 Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (No 2) (1995) 57 FCR 119 Fisher-Pollard by her tutor Fisher-Pollard v Fisher-Pollard [2018] NSWSC 807 Hamod v State of New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 375 Harrison v Schipp (2002) 54 NSWLR 738; [2002] NSWCA 213 Penson v Titan National Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] NSWCA 121 The Berry Rural Co Operative Society Ltd v Sepak Industries Pty Ltd (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 1751 Young v Hones (No 3) [2014] NSWSC 499 Category: Costs Parties: The Berry Rural Co Operative Society Ltd (Plaintiff/Applicant) Sepak Industries Pty Ltd (First Defendant/Respondent) Henry Kong (Second Defendant/Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J P Knackstredt (Plaintiff/Applicant)