Wigmans v AMP Ltd (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 162

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Wigmans v AMP Ltd (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 162 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 26 February 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: The Court has no power under s 181 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) to order that the Federal Court Applicants pay the costs of the Transfer Applications. Order that the litigation funders of the Federal Court Applicants pay the costs of the Transfer Applications. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – representative proceedings – group members – costs orders – whether power to make costs order against group members

COSTS – party/party – orders against non-parties – court's discretion – costs order against litigation funder Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Supreme Court Act 1986 (Vic) Cases Cited: Bray v F Hoffman-La Roche Ltd (2003) 130 FCR 317; [2003] FCAFC 153 Carter v Caason Investments Pty Ltd [2016] VSCA 236 De Jong v Carnival PLC [2016] NSWSC 347 Dymocks Franchise Systems (NSW) Pty Ltd v Todd [2004] 1 WLR 2807; [2004] UKPC 39 Excalibur Ventures LLC v Texas Keystone Inc [2017] 1 WLR 2221; [2016] EWCA Civ 1144 FPM Constructions Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Blue Mountains [2005] NSWCA 340 Knight v FP Special Assets Ltd (1992) 174 CLR 178; [1992] HCA 28 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; [1990] HCA 59 Matthews v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd (No 9) [2013] VSC 671 Perera v GetSwift Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCA 909 PM Works Pty Ltd v Management Services Australia Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 168 Re the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; [1997] HCA 6 TW McConnell Pty Ltd as trustee for the McConnell Superannuation Fund v SurfStitch Group Ltd (administrators appointed) (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1149 Wigmans v AMP Ltd [2018] NSWSC 1045 Wileypark Pty Ltd v AMP Ltd [2018] FCAFC 143; (2018) 359 ALR 43 Yu v Cao (2015) 91 NSWLR 190; [2015] NSWCA 276 Texts Cited: Second Reading Speech for the Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Bill 2010 (NSW) D C Pearce and R S Geddes, Statutory Interpretation in Australia (8th ed, 2014, LexisNexis Butterworths) P Herzfeld and T Prince, Statutory Interpretation Principles (2014, Thomson Reuters) Category: Costs Parties: Marion Antoinette Wigmans (Plaintiff/Applicant) AMP Limited (Defendant/Applicant) Wileypark Pty Ltd (Respondent) Fernbrook (Aust) Investment Pty Ltd (Respondent) Komlotex Pty Ltd (Respondent) Andrew Georgiou (Respondent) IMF Bentham Limited (for Wileypark Pty Ltd) (Respondent) Therium Litigation Finance (Australia) Limited (for Fernbrook (Aust) Investment Pty Ltd) (Respondent) International Litigation Funding Partners Pte Ltd (for Komolotex Pty Ltd) (Respondent) Augusta Ventures Limited (for Andrew Georgiou) (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A Hochroth and P Meagher (Plaintiff/Applicant) I J M Ahmed and E Bathurst (Defendant/Applicant) A Leopold SC and W A D Edwards (Wileypark Pty Ltd) G Donnellan (Komlotex Pty Ltd) S Mirzabegian (Augusta Ventures Ltd) I R Pike SC with J Burnett (Andrew Georgiou)