An v Joo (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 377

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: An v Joo (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 377 Hearing dates: 2 December 2019; further written submissions - 18 December 2019, 30 January 2020, 11 and 28 February 2020 Date of orders: 08 April 2020 Decision date: 08 April 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Kunc J Decision: No order as to costs Catchwords: COSTS – party party – general rule that costs follow the event – proceedings discontinued or dismissed Legislation Cited: Associations Incorporation Act 2009 (NSW) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Charitable Trusts Act 1993 (NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: An v Joo [2019] NSWSC 39 Bostik Australia Pty Ltd v Liddiard (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 304 James v Douglas [2016] NSWCA 178 Northern Territory v Sangare [2019] HCA 25 Re Buckton; Buckton v Buckton [1907] 2 Ch 406 Re The Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Commonwealth of Australia; ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 Wang v ABC Homes (NSW) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1736 Category: Costs Parties: James An (Plaintiff)

Jeung Oh Joo (First Defendant)

Tae Jun Gim (Second Defendant) Jung Hyun Kim (Third Defendant) Dong Boo Kim (Fourth Defendant) Dug Ryang Chung (Fifth Defendant) Ki Boo Song (Sixth Defendant) Joon Hui Jang (Seventh Defendant) Open Door Korean Cultural Society Limited (ACN 615 471 068) (Eighth Defendant) Open Door Church Incorporated (INC 9880520) (Ninth Defendant) Abraham Min (Tenth Defendant) Chang Gun Jeon (Eleventh Defendant) Ho In Park (Twelfth Defendant) In Soon Kang (Thirteenth Defendant) Hongkuk Kim (Fourteenth Defendant) Sang Lip Kim (Fifteenth Defendant) Young Kwon (Sixteenth Defendant) Attorney General for New South Wales (Seventeenth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: