Clarke v Fenn (No 2) [2018] NSWDC 417

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Clarke v Fenn (No 2) [2018] NSWDC 417 Hearing dates: 20 December 2018 Date of orders: 20 December 2018 Decision date: 20 December 2018 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Pursuant to s 98(4) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), the plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs in the gross sum of $7,000. Catchwords: COSTS – application for gross sum costs order under s 98(4) Civil Liability Act 2005 (NSW) Legislation Cited: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), s 60 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56 and 98 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 10.5 Cases Cited: Barach v The University of New South Wales [2011] NSWSC 1327 Bobb v Wombat Securities Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 863 Clarke v Fenn [2018] NSWDC 336 Clarke v South East Sydney Health District (No 2) [2018] NSWCA 226 Ghosh v Miller (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 791 Hamod v New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 375 Kostov v Zhang (No 2) [2016] NSWCA 279 Mbuzi v Griffith University [2014] FCA 1323 Mowen v Rockhampton Regional Council [2018] QSC 44 Nyoni v Pharmacy Board of Australia (No 6) [2018] FCA 526 Paciocco v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (No 2) [2017] FCAFC 146 Sangare v Northern Territory of Australia [2018] NTCA 10 The Northern Territory of Australia v Sangare [2018] HCATrans 254 Wilson v Bauer Media Pty Ltd (Costs) [2018] VSC 161 Texts Cited: Justice Geoffrey Nettle, 'Technology and the Law' (Paper presented at the Bar Association of Queensland Annual Conference, Brisbane, 27 February 2016) Zuckerman, A., 'No Justice without Lawyers – the myth of an inquisitorial solution' (2014) 33 Civil Justice Quarterly 355 Category: Costs Parties: Plaintiff: Sharmain Daisy Clarke Defendant: Maria Fenn Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: In person Defendant: Mr D Sibtain