Makaroff v Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1043

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Makaroff v Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1043 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 15 August 2019 Decision date: 15 August 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: The Court orders that:

(1) The second defendant's costs are assessed at a gross sum of $176,000.

(2) The plaintiff and second defendant are to pay their own costs of the special costs application. Catchwords: COSTS – Gross sum award of costs – Where the plaintiff is impecunious Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 98, Supreme Court Rules, r 6(2) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, r 42.1 Cases Cited: Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Ltd v Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd (No 10) [2017] NSWSC 16 Board of Examiners v XY (2006) 25 VAR 193 Chaina v Presbyterian Church (NSW) Property Trust (No 6) [2014] NSWSC 1009 Evans Shire Council v Richardson (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 61 Ghougassian v Fairfax Community Newspapers Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 307 Hamod v State of New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 375 Hamod v State of New South Wales (No 4) [2007] NSWSC 1363

Hamod v State of New South Wales (No 11) [2008] NSWSC 967 Hamod v State of New South Wales (No 13) [2009] NSWSC 756 Harrison v Schipp [2002] NSWCA 213 Kostov v Zhang (No 2) [2016] NSWCA 279 Makaroff v Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District [2019] NSWSC 715 Northern Territory v Sangare [2019] HCA 25 Sedgwick v Varzonek (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1613 Smoothpool v Pickering [2001] SASC 131 Wakim v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWSC 1492 Zepinic v Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 99 Category: Costs Parties: Diana Makaroff (Plaintiff) Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (First Defendant) Dr Paul Percy (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Hutchings (Second Defendant)