Tjiong v Tjiong (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1981

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Tjiong v Tjiong (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1981 Hearing dates: 1 June 2018 Date of orders: 19 December 2018 Decision date: 19 December 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity - Applications List Before: Parker J Decision: (1) Order that the plaintiffs' Notice of Motion filed 30 November 2017 be dismissed. (2) Order that the plaintiffs pay the defendant's costs of the proceedings on the Notice of Motion. Catchwords: COSTS – interest on costs – Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 98(3), 101(4) – where an order for interest on costs not included in the principal judgment which was delivered years earlier – whether court no longer has power to award interest on costs because the claim is either statute-barred or has merged in the principal judgment – whether an order for interest on costs under s 98(3) must be sought at time of judgment – consideration of the doctrine of functus officio

COSTS – interest on costs – Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 98(3), 101(4) – discretionary factors – delay – application of Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) by analogy – where delay justifies an award of interest at pre-judgment rate Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 1833 (3 & 4 William IV c 42) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 98, 100, 101 Common Law Procedure Act 1899 (NSW), ss 142, 143, 143A Courts Legislation Further Amendment Act 1995 (NSW), Sch 1 Federal Court Act 1976 (Cth), s 43 Immigration Act 1901 (Cth), s 4 Judgments Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vic c 110) Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW), s 69A Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW), s 208J Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), s 358 Legal Profession Reform Act 1993 (NSW), Sch 6 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), ss 70, 74, 75, 76 Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), ss 14, 17, 24 Mayor's Court Procedure Act (20 & 21 Vic c 157), s 10 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), ss 76, 94, 95 Supreme Court Practice Note No. SC Gen 16 Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW), Pt 40 rr 3, 9, Pt 52 rr 45A, 54A, 63 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 6.12, 36.1, 36.7, 36.16 Cases Cited: Attorney-General of NSW v Wentworth (1991) 24 NSWLR 347 Bailey v Marinoff (1971) 125 CLR 529; [1971] HCA 49 Carson v Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (1994) 82 LGERA 179 Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Zepinic [2013] NSWSC 909 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1; [2005] HCA 12 Drummond & Rosen Pty Ltd v Easey (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 331 Evans v European Bank Ltd (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 170 Fischer v David Syme & Co Ltd (1989) 18 NSWLR 6063 Flower & Hart v White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd (2000) 103 FCR 559; [2000] FCA 1132 Flower & Hart v White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd (2001) 109 FCR 280; [2001] FCA 370 Folkard v Metropolitan Railway Co (1873) LR 8 CP 470 Grace v Grace (No 9) [2014] NSWSC 1239 Gray v Richards (No 4) [2017] NSWSC 1714 Grigiel v Baine (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 434 Hancock v Arnold (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 19 Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100 at 115; 67 ER 313 Hunt v RM Douglas (Roofing) Ltd [1990] 1 AC 398 Illawarra Hotel Company Pty Ltd v Walton Construction Pty Ltd (No 2) (2013) 84 NSWLR 436; [2013] NSWCA 211 K v K [1977] 2 WLR 55 Koon Wing Lau v Calwell (1949) 80 CLR 533; [1949] HCA 65 Lahoud v Lahoud [2006] NSWSC 126 Lahoud v Lahoud [2011] NSWSC 994 Lahoud v Lahoud (2012) 17 BPR 33,071; [2012] NSWCA 401 Leda Pty Ltd v Weerden (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 283 Lucantonio v Kleinert (Costs) [2011] NSWSC 1642 McWilliams Wines Pty Ltd v Liaweena (NSW) Pty Ltd (1993) 32 NSWLR 190 Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 v Carson (1994) 35 NSWLR 342 New South Wales Insurance Ministerial Corporation v Edkins (1998) 45 NSWLR 8 Newton v The Grand Junction Railway Company (1846) 16 M & W 139; 153 ER 1133 Preston Banking Co v William Allsup & Sons [1895] 1 Ch 141 Re Inchcape (Earl of) [1942] Ch 394 Roads and Traffic Authority v Cremona (No 3) (2005) 140 LGERA 420; [2005] NSWCA 13 Roads & Traffic Authority of NSW v Palmer (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 140 Seiwa Australia Pty Ltd v Seeto Financial Services Pty Ltd (No 2) [2010] NSWSC 118 Short v Crawley (No 45) [2013] NSWSC 1541 Simmons v Colly Cotton Marketing Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1092 Spedding v Nobles (No 2) (2007) 69 NSWLR 100; [2007] NSWCA 87 TA Field Pty Ltd v Frigmobile of Australia Pty Ltd [1978] 2 NSWLR 488 Thynne v Thynne [1955] 3 WLR 465 Timms v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (No 3) [2004] NSWCA 25 Tjiong v Tjiong [2010] NSWSC 578 Tjiong v Tjiong [2012] NSWCA 201 Zepinic v Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd (No 2) [2013] NSWCA 227 Category: Costs Parties: Katrina May Lan Tjiong (First Plaintiff) Lindsay Kuang Djin Tjiong (Second Plaintiff) Richard Tat Tjhien Tjiong (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D Steirn (First and Second Plaintiffs) M Castle (Defendant)