Hague v Cordiner (No. 2) [2020] NSWDC 23

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hague v Cordiner (No. 2) [2020] NSWDC 23 Hearing dates: 6 and 13 February 2020 Date of orders: 13 February 2020 Decision date: 24 February 2020 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: See [39] Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – security for costs – appropriate forms of security – whether a cryptocurrency investment account is a sufficiently secure asset – whether an undertaking to the court not to dispose of an asset may be a satisfactory form of security – no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 42.21 Cases Cited: Court of Appeal, Registrar of v Maniam (No 1) (1991) 25 NSWLR 459 East Grace Corporation v Xing (No 1) [2005] FCA 219 Johnston v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 17 Killen v Lane [1983] 1 NSWLR 171 Kostov v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 1289 KT v Google LLC (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 14 Lin v Borrowdale [2011] NSWCA 65 Mohareb v Palmer [2017] NSWCA 281 Noicos v Dawson [2019] FCA 2197 Scholefield Goodman (Australia) Pty Limited v Rutkowski [2018] NSWSC 19 Stapleton v Fairfax Media Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 1418 Turner v NSW Forensic & Analytical Science Service [2017] NSWCATAD 181 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Plaintiff: Nathan Hague Defendant: Sarah Louise Cordiner Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr T Senior Defendant: Mr B Goldsmith (solicitor)