Wigmans v AMP Ltd (No 4) [2019] NSWSC 257

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Wigmans v AMP Ltd (No 4) [2019] NSWSC 257 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 13 March 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Plaintiff to pay the costs of Mr Georgiou and Fernbrook (Aust) Investments Pty Ltd of her anti-suit injunction application Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – representative proceedings – representative parties – costs order against representative party for unsuccessful anti-suit injunction application

COSTS – party/party – costs orders in interlocutory proceedings – plaintiff representative party applied for anti-suit injunction – application not pressed and ultimately dismissed by consent Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: CSR Ltd v Cigna Insurance Australia Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 345; [1997] HCA 33 Hilton v Guyot 159 US 113 (1895) Re The Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia; Ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; [1997] HCA 6 Santos Ltd v Helix Energy Services Pty Ltd (2009) 28 VR 595; [2009] VSC 282 Wigmans v AMP Ltd (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 162 Wigmans v AMP Ltd [2018] NSWSC 1045 Wigmans v AMP Ltd [2018] NSWSC 1118 Wileypark Pty Ltd v AMP Ltd [2018] FCA 1052 Wileypark Pty Ltd v AMP Ltd [2018] FCAFC 143; (2018) 359 ALR 43 Texts Cited: The Honourable T F Bathurst AC and the Honourable J L Allsop AO, "Protocol for Communication and Cooperation between Supreme Court of New South Wales and Federal Court of Australia in Class Action Proceedings" (November 2018) Category: Costs Parties: Marion Antoinette Wigmans (Plaintiff/Applicant) AMP Limited (Defendant/Applicant) Wileypark Pty Ltd (Respondent) Fernbrook (Aust) Investments 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) Investments Pty Ltd) (Respondent) International Litigation Funding Partners Pte Ltd (for Komlotex 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)