Damcevski v Demetriou [2018] NSWSC 1915

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Damcevski v Demetriou [2018] NSWSC 1915 Hearing dates: 6 December 2018 Decision date: 14 December 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity - Expedition List Before: Sackar J Decision: See [72] Catchwords: COSTS – party/party – basis of quantification – indemnity costs orders sought – whether liquidators of Fourth Defendant should be liable for indemnity costs personally

JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS – effect of – appropriate form of orders sought – whether orders should be made against the Fourth Defendant Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bobi Damcevski v Emilios Demetriou [2018] NSWSC 988 Bullock v London General Omnibus Co [1907] 1 KB 264 Demetriou v Gusdote Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 581 In the matter of J A Westaway Pty Ltd (in liq) [2016] NSWSC 868 Knight v FP Special Assets Ltd (1992) 174 CLR 178; [1992] HCA 28 Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353; [1954] HCA 72 Mead v Watson [2005] NSWCA 133 PM Works Pty Ltd v Management Services Australia Pty Ltd trading as Peak Performance PM [2018] NSWCA 168 Sze Tu v Lowe (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 91 Texts Cited: n/a Category: Costs Parties: Bobi Damcevski (Plaintiff) Emilios Demetriou (First Defendant) Janette Linda Ashley (Second Defendant) Georgina Demetriou (Third Defendant) SPC & Co Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant) Ventry Gray (Fifth Defendant, self-represented) Representation: Counsel: M J Stevens (plaintiff/applicant) No appearance (def 2) No appearance (def 1, def 3) J Johnson (def 4) V R Gray (self rep – def 5)