Twigg v Twigg (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1356

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Twigg v Twigg (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1356 Hearing dates: 8 October 2019 Decision date: 08 October 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Defendants restrained from enforcing interlocutory costs order until the conclusion of the proceedings Catchwords: COSTS – party/party – costs orders in interlocutory proceedings – consent order that costs be assessable forthwith – whether order also payable forthwith Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: G&S Engineering Services Pty Ltd v MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 463 His Eminence Metropolitan Petar, Diocesan Bishop of the Macedonian Orthodox Church of Australia and New Zealand v The Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka Incorporated (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 142 Twigg v Twigg [2019] NSWSC 373 Texts Cited: Practice Note SC Eq 3 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Diane Twigg (First Plaintiff/Applicant) Ipswich Landfill Pty Ltd as trustee for the Ipswich Landfill Trust (Second Plaintiff/Applicant) Brooklyn Landfill & Waste Recycling Pty Ltd as trustee for the Brooklyn Landfill Trust (Third Plaintiff/Applicant) Twigg Plant Hire Pty Ltd as trustee for the Twigg Family Trust (Fourth Plaintiff/Applicant) Maxwell James Twigg (First Defendant/Respondent) Twigg Landfill Pty Ltd (Second Defendant/Respondent) Byron Bay Beach Hotel Properties Pty Ltd (Third Defendant/Respondent) Twigg Consulting Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant/Respondent) B Bay H Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant/Respondent) Twigg Investments Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant/Respondent) Maly Holdings Pty Ltd (Seventh Defendant/Respondent) Twigg Property Development Pty Ltd (Eighth Defendant/Respondent) Twigg Motor Sport Pty Ltd (Ninth Defendant/Respondent) Vision Motor Sport Pty Ltd (Tenth Defendant/Respondent) Twigg Motor Racing Pty Ltd (Eleventh Defendant/Respondent) Surf Street Holdings Pty Ltd (Twelfth Defendant) W&E Twigg Pty Ltd (Thirteenth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M R Elliott SC with D K Smith (Plaintiffs/Applicants) J C Giles SC with M Bersten (Defendants/Respondents)