Barrett v Barrett [2019] NSWSC 1359

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Barrett v Barrett [2019] NSWSC 1359 Hearing dates: 27 September 2019 Date of orders: 11 October 2019 Decision date: 11 October 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: The Court orders that:

(1) The defendant's costs are to be paid out of the estate on an ordinary basis.

(2) The executor's costs are to be paid out of the estate on an ordinary basis. Catchwords: COSTS – Indemnity costs – Where the plaintiff acted unreasonably as executor in ordering the defendant to vacate a property under the estate – No point of principle Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 57, 58, 98 Succession Act 2006 (NSW), s 99 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, rr 12.7, 13.4, 42.1 Cases Cited: Allplastics Engineering Pty Ltd v Dornoch Ltd [2006] NSWCA 33 Berbett Pty Ltd v Hansa [1976] VR 385. Colgate Palmolive Co v Cussons Pty Ltd [1993] FCA 536; (1993) 118 ALR 248 Cretazzo v Lombardi (1975) 13 SASR 4 Harkness v Harkness (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 35 Hillebrand v Council of the City of Penrith [2000] NSWSC 1058 In re Beddoe; Downes v Cottam [1893] 1 Ch 547 Jvancich v Kennedy (No 2) [2004] NSWCA 397 Liverpool City Council v Estephan [2009] NSWCA 161 McDonald v Horn [1995] 1 All ER 961 Milne v Attorney-General (Tas) (1956) 95 CLR 460 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72; (1998) 152 ALR 83 Penson v Titan National Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] NSWCA 121 Rowland v Portus (1906) 6 SR (NSW) 74 Singer v Berghouse (1993) 114 ALR 521 Tadrous v Tadrous [2009] NSWSC 407 Texts Cited: G Dal Pont, The Law of Costs (LexisNexis Butterworths, 4th ed, 2018) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Christopher John Barrett, Executor of the Estate of the late Beryl Barrett (Plaintiff) Ian Francis Barrett (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D C Eardley with A Galapo (Plaintiff) F Sinclair (Defendant)