The Owners – Strata Plan 61233 v Arcidiacono (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1876

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Owners – Strata Plan 61233 v Arcidiacono (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1876 Hearing dates: 11, 12 and 16 December 2019 Date of orders: 20 December 2019 Decision date: 20 December 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Henry J Decision: Leave to re-open refused. See [94] for costs and [96] for final orders. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – application to re-open hearing – where plaintiff's evidence was found to be inadequate in primary judgment – where plaintiff seeks to correct inadequacy by adducing further evidence after reasons delivered –evidence could have been adduced earlier – application refused

COSTS – where plaintiff substantially succeeded – no evidence from either party about costs breakdown - whether usual position under Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), s 88K(5) should apply to alternative claim – whether unreasonable conduct by defendant – overall costs order made Legislation Cited: Access to Neighbouring Land Act 2000 (NSW), ss 3, 8, 13 and 14 Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), s 59A Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), s 88K, Schedule 8 Part 5, Schedule 8 Part 11 Cases Cited: Autodesk Inc v Dyason (No 2) (1993) 176 CLR 300 Henning v Lynch (1974) 2 NSWLR 254 Inspector-General in Bankruptcy v Bradshaw [2006] FCA 22 Marriner v Australian Super Developments Pty Ltd [2016] VSCA 141 PCCEF Pty Ltd v Geelong Football Club Ltd [2018] VSC 258 Rawson v Studholme [2018] NSWSC 1764 Rawson v Studholme (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1273 Ross Bilton & Ors v Georgia Ligdas (Costs) [2016] NSWSC 1585 Shi v ABI-K Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 293 Smith v New South Wales Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 256 Spotlight Pty Ltd v NCON Australia Ltd (2012) 46 VR 1; [2012] VSCA 232 The Owners – Strata Plan 17719 v Arcidiacono (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1800 The Owners – Strata Plan 61233 v Arcidiacono; The Owners – Strata Plan 17719 v Arcidiacono [2019] NSWSC 1307 Urban Transport Authority of NSW v Nweiser (1991) 28 NSWLR 471 Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council (No 2) (1982) 149 CLR 672 Category: Costs Parties: The Owners – Strata Plan No 61233 (Plaintiff) John Anthony Arcidiacono (First Defendant) Anna Marie Arcidiacono (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr A Rogers (Plaintiff) Mr T S Hale SC with Mr R Higgins (Defendants)