Current Images Pty Limited v Dupack Pty Limited (No 2)

In *Current Images Pty Limited v Dupack Pty Limited (No 2)*, the New South Wales Court of Appeal considered an application to vary earlier orders concerning judgment and costs. The dispute ultimately revolved around the correct assessment of damages and the consequential orders for costs and interest.

The primary legal issues before the Court of Appeal were whether the original judgment for the appellant against the respondent should be varied to include a specific sum for damages and a specific sum for interest, and whether the respondent should be ordered to pay the appellant's costs of both the appeal and the proceedings in the court below.

The Court of Appeal, applying the general rule that costs follow the event, varied the previous orders. It entered judgment for the appellant against the respondent for $157,947, together with interest in the sum of $41,655.83. Furthermore, the Court ordered that the respondent pay the appellant's costs of the appeal and the proceedings in the court below.