Delta Electricity v Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc (security for costs) [2010] NSWCA 264

Delta Electricity v Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc (security for costs) [2010] NSWCA 264

Leave to appeal in the security for costs matter should be refused because the trial judge properly determined the application in light of the pre-existing maximum costs order, and to require security in an amount higher than $20,000 would undermine that order.

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Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
18 October 2010
Procedural Posture
Application for Leave to Appeal / Court of Appeal Judgment on Leave to Appeal in Security for Costs Matter
Outcome
Leave to appeal in the security for costs matter dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['security for Costs' 'maximum Costs Order' 'leave to Appeal']
['civil Procedure'] ['security for Costs' 'maximum Costs Order' 'leave to Appeal']

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Procedural Posture

Application for Leave to Appeal / Court of Appeal Judgment on Leave to Appeal in Security for Costs Matter

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the trial judge erred in determining the security for costs application on the basis of a prior maximum costs order under UCPR r 42.4' 'Whether discretion was unjustifiably restricted, wrong principle applied, or extraneous matters affected judgment']

Ratio Decidendi

Leave to appeal in the security for costs matter should be refused because the trial judge properly determined the application in light of the pre-existing maximum costs order, and to require security in an amount higher than $20,000 would undermine that order.

Court Disposition

Leave to appeal in the security for costs matter dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The summons for leave to appeal in the security for costs matter is dismissed with costs.']