Michael Kuehn & Jennifer Kuehn v Masterton Homes (NSW) Pty Ltd t/as Masterton Homes (NSW) Pty Ltd - Costs

[2020] NSWSC 1130

Supreme Court of NSW

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1. Costs
2. › Multi-party contest
3. › No issue of principle.
1. Procedure
2. › Damages case transferred to the Court from the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) because the first defendant argued that the proceedings had been compromised and that question was beyond NCAT’s jurisdiction
3. › After transfer, the plaintiffs joined their lawyers claiming damages
4. › The Court determined that the proceedings had not been compromised and dismissed the claim against the lawyers
5. › Proceedings remitted to NCAT.