Coshott v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2020] NSWSC 503

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Coshott v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2020] NSWSC 503 Hearing dates: On the papers – written submissions: 27 March, 14 and 23 April 2020 Date of orders: 06 May 2020 Decision date: 06 May 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Kunc J Decision: Proceedings summarily dismissed Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — Bases of quantification —Whether party represented by its own in-house lawyers entitled to recover costs after abolition of Chorley exception

EQUITY — Equitable remedies — Declaration — Whether issue hypothetical Legislation Cited: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules Cases Cited: Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission [1992] HCA 10; (1992) 175 CLR 564 Bell Lawyers Pty Ltd v Pentelow [2019] HCA 29; (2019) 93 ALJR 1007 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Hattersley [2001] NSWSC 60; (2001) 51 NSWLR 333 Coshott v Burke [2012] FCA 517 Coshott v Prentice (No 3) [2019] FCA 1497 Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd [2007] HCA 22; (2007) 230 CLR 89 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69; (1964) 112 CLR 125 London Scottish Benefit Society v Chorley (1884) 13 QBD 872 Texts Cited: P Herzfeld and T Prince, "Interpretation", 2nd edn, Lawbook Co, 2020 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ljiljana Coshott (First Plaintiff) Robert Gilbert Coshott (Second Plaintiff)