Kelly; Lawrence v Scenic Tours Pty Limited [2020] NSWSC 394

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Kelly; Lawrence v Scenic Tours Pty Limited [2020] NSWSC 394 Hearing dates: 26 March 2020 Date of orders: 14 April 2020 Decision date: 14 April 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Rothman J Decision: (1) The plaintiffs, Darran Kelly and Gavin Lawrence, pay 90% of the costs of and incidental to the proceedings, including the costs of the appeal and the proceedings before Harrison AsJ;

(2) The plaintiffs pay the defendant's costs incurred, if any, in the production of documents pursuant to the orders issued by the Court;

(3) The costs paid as a result of the foregoing orders shall be the plaintiffs' costs in the cause in any substantive proceedings that may be commenced against the defendant, or any other person, in relation to any one or more of the river cruises identified in the Summons commencing the proceedings for preliminary discovery;

(4) Otherwise the proceedings are dismissed. Catchwords: COSTS – Appeal – Costs below – substantive matter resolved – ordinary rule – effect of involvement of litigation funder – orders made. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 98 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 5.3(1), 42.19 and 42.20 Cases Cited: Council of the City of Sydney v Goldspar Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 769 Fordyce v Fordham (2006) 67 NSWLR 497; [2006] NSWCA 274 Hunter Development Corporation v Save Our Rail NSW Incorporated (No 2) (2016) 93 NSWLR 704; [2016] NSWCA 375 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; [1990] HCA 59 Moore v Scenic Tours (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 733 Moore v Scenic Tours Pty Ltd (No 3) [2017] NSWSC 1555 Nichols v NFS Agribusiness Pty Ltd (2018) 97 NSWLR 681; [2018] NSWCA 84 Norwich Pharmaceutical Co v Customs and Excise Commissioners [1973] UKHL 6; [1974] AC 133; [1973] 2 All ER 943 Ohn v Walton (1995) 36 NSWLR 77 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72; [1998] HCA 11 Re Minister For Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; [1997] HCA 6 Scenic Tours Pty Ltd v Moore (2018) 361 ALR 456; [2018] NSWCA 238 Scenic Tours Pty Ltd v Moore (No 2) [2018] NSWCA 300 Steffen v ANZ Banking Group [2009] NSWSC 883 Totalise plc v Motley Fool Ltd [2003] 2 All ER 872 Category: Costs Parties: Darran Kelly (First Plaintiff) Gavin Lawrence (Second Plaintiff) Scenic Tours Pty Limited (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Hogan-Doran (Plaintiffs) D S Weinberger (Defendant)