Ainsworth & Anor v Stapleton Johnson & Partners [2020] NSWSC 252

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ainsworth & Anor v Stapleton Johnson & Partners [2020] NSWSC 252 Hearing dates: 13 March 2020 Date of orders: 18 March 2020 Decision date: 18 March 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Campbell J Decision: (1) The summons filed on 6 December 2019 is dismissed; (2) Each party is to bear his, her or its own costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: COSTS – pre-trial discovery – substantive issue resolved – Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) – displacing general costs principle – demonstration of manifest unreasonableness by the parties Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) Heritage Act 1977 (NSW) Cases Cited: Airways Corporation of New Zealand & Anor v the Present Partners of Price Waterhouse Coopers Legal & Anor [2002] NSWSC 521. Equiti Capital Limited v Hewson [2015] NSWSC 1388 Fordyce v Fordham (2006) 67 NSWLR 497 Nichols v NFS Agri Business Pty Ltd (2018) 97 NSWLR 681; [2018] NSWCA 84 Procter v Kalivis (No 3) [2010] FCA 1194 Renton v Kelly [2018] NSWSC 1377 Re the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia; ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; [1997] HCA Totalise PLC v The Motley Fool Limited & Interactive Investor Limited, Court of Appeal for England and Wales, unreported 19 December 2001. Category: Costs Parties: Geoff Ainsworth (Plaintiff) Lucas Stapleton Johnson & Partners Pty Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A.T.S. Dawson SC with T.B. Senior (Plaintiffs) S.T. Chrysanthou (Defendant)