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Golski v Kirk

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AGLC: Golski, K.M. v. Kirk, D. [1987] FCA 200
Case: [1987] FCA 200
Decision Date: 16 APRIL 1987

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The appeal be upheld.

The order of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory dated 26 June 1986 be set aside.

The respondent pay the costs of the appeal.

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Golski, K.M. v. Kirk, D. [1987] FCA 200

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Citation 1

…td v Angas Securities Ltd [2018] SASCFC 140 Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited v Murphy Operator Pty Ltd [2024] QCA 74 Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143; 72 ALR 443 Greater Lithgow City Council v Wolfenden [2007] NSWCA 180 Groves v The Commonwealth (1982) 150 CLR 113; [1982] HCA 21 Horton v Jones (No 2) (1939) 39 SR…
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Citation 2

…Findex Group Limited v McKay [2022] ACTSC 192 GLJ v Trustees of Roman Catholic Church for Diocese of Lismore [2023] HCA 32; 97 ALJR 857 Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 Habib v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 231 Jago v District Court (NSW) (1989) 168 CLR 23 Johnson v Gore Wood & Co [2002] 2 AC 1 Jones v Dunkel…
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Citation 3 (Para 7)

…the effect that where a party seeks an indulgence from the court, which is granted, it should pay the costs of the application. In Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143, a Full Court of this Court (Kelly, Beaumont and Ryan JJ) considered an appeal from an order allowing amendments to a statement of claim. The respondent…
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Citation 4

…rlocutory applications. Uniform Civil Rules 2020 (SA), referred to. Mayfield Family Wines Pty Ltd v Growers Wine Group Pty Ltd (No 2) [2021] SASC 75; Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143; Holt v Wynter (2000) 49 NSW LR 128 ; Holt v Bunney (No 2) [2020] SASCFC 120 ; Gwinnett v Day (No 2) [2012] SASC 61; Price v BW & RD Smart…
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Citation 5 (Para 8)

…lgence, he may properly be ordered to pay costs. [10] McDonald v Commissioner of Patents (1913) 19 ALR 61, 64 (Griffith CJ). See also Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143, 157 (Ryan J): “… it is usual for a party seeking an indulgence to pay the costs of the application …”. The latter case was cited with approval in Rive…
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs v PDWL (costs) [2021] FCAFC 75
Citation 6 (Para 7)

…mounted to an “indulgence” of the Court and it is usual for the party seeking the indulgence to pay the costs of the application: Golski v Kirk [1987] FCA 200; (1987) 14 FCR 143 (at 157). While as a matter of principle the proposition is correct, it is difficult to see what bearing this could have on the question…
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Citation 7 (Para 30)

…in J). [8] Rupcic v A W Baulderstone Pty Ltd (1987) 46 SASR 99 and Pope v Harris Orcards [2010] SASC 354, [24] (White J). [9] Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143; Bowen Energy Ltd v 2KD Drilling Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 275, [22].…
The President's Club Limited v Palmer Coolum Resort Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] QSC 11
Citation 8 (Para 5)

…as 1908.[27] [26]The defendants cite the following cases in support of such a proposition: Cox v Mosman [1908] St R Qd 210 at 214; Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 157 per Beaumont J, with whom Kelly J agreed; Holt v Wynter (2000) 49 NSWLR 128 at [121]; Summit Chemicals Pty Ltd v Vetrotex Espana SA [2004] WASCA 1…
Ryan v J-Corp Pty Ltd (No.2) [2019] FCCA 1593
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…] of the Applicant’s Submissions, the Applicant would not have been entitled to costs, for the reasons set out in Golski v Kirk (1987) 72 ALR 443 at 457 per Beaumont J.…
Raedel & Raedel v Shahin (No 2) [2018] SASC 119
Citation 10 (Para 8)

…seeking an indulgence to pay the costs of the application, especially where, as here, the application throws up a difficult legal question. … [5] (1987) 72 ALR 443 at 457.…
University of Sydney v ObjectiVision Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 1199
Citation 11 (Para 29)

…n. Even so, the University and Visionsearch submit that it is usual for the parties seeking an indulgence to pay the costs of doing so; Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 157, especially where the party resisting the indulgence sought does so properly; GAIN Capital UK Limited v Citigroup Inc (No 3) [2016] FCA 582 at…
Bennett v Australian Capital Territory [2016] ACTSC 258
Citation 12 (Para 1)

…her new allegations) were “a whole new set of ideas” and hence new causes of action. That picks up the language quoted by Ryan J in Golski v Kirk [1987] FCA 200; (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 157, 159 ( Golski ) where his Honour referred to the decision of Holroyd Pearce LJ in Dornan v JW Ellis & Co Ltd [1962] 1 QB 583 at…
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Citation 13 (Para 8)

…y to the effect that where a party seeks an indulgence from the court, which is granted, it should pay the costs of the application. In Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143, a Full Court of this Court (Kelly, Beaumont and Ryan JJ) considered an appeal from an order allowing amendments to a statement of claim. The respond…
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Citation 14 (Para 1)

…ise out of “substantially the same facts” as the presently pleaded causes of action. In my view, having regard to the decision in Golski v Kirk (1987) 72 ALR 443 each of the additional allegations of negligence involves a new cause of action.…
Belgravia Nominees Pty Ltd v Lowe Pty Ltd [No 3] [2015] WASC 442
Citation 15 (Para 4)

…Lowe and Heath placed particular reliance on the decisions in Rossen v Airey [2012] WASCA 26 and Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143; (1987) 72 ALR 443.…
Director of Public Prosecutions for the Australian Capital Territory v The Honourable Acting Justice Brian Martin [2014] ACTSC 154
Citation 16 (Para 1)

…narily required to pay the costs of an interlocutory application of this kind, even if the application is successful: see, for example, Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 157.…
Correa v Whittingham (No 2) [2013] NSWCA 471
Citation 17 (Para 25)

…y, s 448A). They pointed to the usual rule that the party seeking such an indulgence should pay the costs of obtaining it should apply: Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 157; Amlaki FZ LLC v Pinnacle Network (Aust) Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1491 at [9]; Elderslie Finance Corporation Ltd v Australian Securities Commission…
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Citation 18

…44 FLR 335; [2010] FMCA 932 Collins v Department of Finance & Deregulation (No.3) [2012] FMCA 860 Comcare v A’Hearn (1993) 45 FCR 441 Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 Hamden v Secretary, Department of Human Services and Health (2013) 59 AAR 108; [2013] FCA 3 Hunter Valley Developments Pty Ltd v Cohen (1984) 3 FCR 344…
Naidu v Fergusson [2013] ACTSC 208
Citation 19

…WLR 862 Darlington Building Society v O’Rourke James Scourfield & Mccarthy (A Firm) [1998] EWCA Civ 1664; [1999] Lloyd’s Rep PN 33 Golski v Kirk (1987) 72 ALR 443 Hamilton v Australian Capital Territory [2011] ACTSC 45 Meredith v Commonwealth of Australia [2009] ACTSC 168 Rogers v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479 Rodger…
Riviera Holdings Pty Ltd v Fingal Glen Pty Ltd (in Liq) (No 3) [2013] SASC 107
Citation 20 (Para 18)

…o such express statutory provision concerning costs, it is usual for a party seeking an indulgence to pay the costs of the application: Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 157; Re Australasian Memory Pty Ltd; Brien v Australasian Memory Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 333; (2000) 34 ACSR 158 at 160. But, it is not an invariable…
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Citation 21 (Para 1)

…reasons. First, the trustee is correct in stating that the party that seeks an extension of time should ordinarily pay the costs: see Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 157 and Hunter Valley at 353. The second reason is that had the applicant filed proceedings in the correct venue, the application would not have bee…
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Citation 22 (Para 10)

…On the other hand, the Federal Court of Australia (Kelly, Beaumont and Ryan JJ) in Golski v Kirk (1987) 72 ALR 443 set aside an order of this court allowing an amendment to a statement of claim to add to an existing count against a surgeon in negligence in the performance of a surgical operation a further count of f…
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Citation 23 (Para 24)

…way from merely particularising facts already raised under the current (2007) claims: referring to further case authorities gathered in Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143, particularly per Kelly J (151), per Beaumont J (154) and (156) and Ryan J (158).…
Helen Owen v Johnny Musladin (No 2) [2010] ACTCA 24
Citation 24 (Para 1)

…lts of the application regardless of the outcome of the principal proceedings. Examples include where a party is seeking an indulgence: Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 per Beaumont J (at 157).…
Meredith v Commonwealth of Australia [2009] ACTSC 168
Citation 25 (Para 1)

…g bodily injury, but that the particulars changed. See also Collins v Hertfordshire County Council [1947] KB 598. On the other hand, in Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia held that professional negligence in failing to warn or properly advise on medical treatment is a d…
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Citation 26 (Para 1)

…costs of the application, even if it is granted over the other party’s opposition: Cox v Mosman and Anor [1908] St R Qd 210 (at 216); Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 (at 157). I would be inclined, provisionally, to order that the costs of Nexus Projects Pty Limited of the proceedings before the learned Master be pai…
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Citation 27 (Para 1)

…The statements of principle identified in paragraph 1 of the submissions have been applied in this Court (see Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143; Effem Foods Pty Ltd v Trawl Industries of Australia Pty Ltd (1993) 43 FCR 510 at 521 and Angel v National Australia Bank Ltd [2001] FCA 1053 at [43]-[45]).…
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Citation 28

…Ritter v Godfrey [1920] 2KB 47; Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143; Sola Optical Australia v Mills [1987] 46 SASR 364.…
Harradine v Department of Health & Community Services [2006] NTMC 86
Citation 29

…Ritter v Godfrey [1920] 2 KB 47 at 52 Sola Optical Australia Pty Ltd v Mills [1987] 46 SASR 364 Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143…
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Citation 30 (Para 12)

…rne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (Anshun Case) (1981) 147 CLR 589 per Gibbs CJ, Mason and Aitken JJ at 597, and Brennan J at 608 ‑ 613; Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 per Kelly J at 145.…
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Citation 31

…(No 2) [1996] 2 NSWLR 634 Eggleston v Marley Engineers Pty Ltd (1979) 21 SASR 51 Eshelby v Federated European Bank Ltd [1932] 1 KB 254 Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd & London Docklands Development Corporation [1997] AC 655 Kent v Johnson (Minister of State for Works) (1973) 2 ACTR 1 Lange…
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Citation 32

…Egg Pulp Marketing Board (Vict.) ( 1942) 66 CLR 557 AT 600; Do Carmo v Ford Excavations Proprietary Limited (1984) 154 CLR 234 AT 245; Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 145) other cases strongly support the view that "cause of action" in this area of the law means the right, rather than the facts which support the…
Rebenta Pty Ltd v Peter Wise [2004] NSWSC 830
Citation 33

…Councillors and Citizens of South Melbourne (1964) 38 ALJR 309 at 310 Clough & Rogers v Frog (1974) 48 ALJR Cropper v Smith (1884) 26 Ch D 700 at 710 Golski v Kirk (1987) FCR 143 McGee v Yeomans [1977] 1 NSWLR 273 Proctor v Jetway Aviation Pty Ltd [1984] 1 NSWLR 166 Queensland v J L Holdings Pty Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 146…
Summit Chemicals Pty Ltd v Vetrotex Espana SA [2004] WASCA 109 (S)
Citation 34

…Dousi v Colgate Palmolive (1987) 9 NSWLR 374 Ex parte Bucknell (1936) 56 CLR 221 Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143…
Summit Chemicals Pty Ltd v Vetrotex Espana SA [2004] WASCA 109
Citation 35 (Para 8)

…application for an extension of time or for an amendment of a pleading, will usually be required to pay the costs of the application - Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 157. I consider that that principle has been accommodated sufficiently by the order which McKechnie J made on 12 December 2003 which has already b…
Re: Nardell Coal Corporation (in liq) v Hunter Valley Coal Processing [2003] NSWSC 642
Citation 36

…1982) 151 CLR 342 Featherby v Read [2002] WASC 251 Re Freightlines Northern Territory Pty Ltd (In liq) [1999] QSC 209; (2000) 2 QdR 384 Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 Gosling v Gaskell [1897] AC 575 Hawkins v Bank of China (1992) 26 NSWLR 562 Hayes v Gunbola Pty Ltd (1986) 4 BPR 9247 Langley v Foster (1909) 10 SR(N…
Grichting v Municipality of Meander Valley [2001] TASSC 110
Citation 37 (Para 1)

…This is a case which falls within the dicta of Kelly J in Golski v Kirk (1987) 72 ALR 443 at 451, that "where the proposed amendments do not change the cause of action but do no more than particularise the facts by which the respondent proposes to sustain it ... (the) amendment will be allowed". Kelly J added that w…
Angel v National Australia Bank Ltd [2001] FCA 1053
Citation 38 (Para 18)

…This description was accepted by Kelly J (presiding over a Full Court) in Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 145 and by Northrop and Lee JJ in Effem Foods Pty Ltd v Trawl Industries of Australia Pty Ltd (1993) 43 FCR 510 at 521.…
Somanader v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1192
Citation 39 (Para 1)

…g Pulp Marketing Board (Vict.) (1942) 66 CLR 557 at 600; Do Carmo v Ford Excavations Proprietary Limited (1984) 154 CLR 234 at 245; Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 145) other cases strongly support the view that “cause of action” in this area of the law means the right, rather than the facts which support the rig…
Brien v Australasian Memory Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 333
Citation 40

…costs should follow the event — Orders suspended because of pendency of High Court appeal awaiting judgment. CASES CITED: Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 Hunter Valley Developments Pty Ltd v Cohen (1984) 3 FCR 344 DECISION: Costs orders made.…
Ritchie & Parker Alfred Green & Co v Gornalle [2000] TASSC 8
Citation 41 (Para 1)

…Honour made reference to a passage in the judgment of Kelly J in Golski v Kirk (1987) Aust Torts Reports 80-095 at 68,580 - 68,581 (also reported in (1987) 72 ALR 443 at 451:…
Milhem v Sam's Carpentry Pty Ltd (in liquidation) & IC Formwork Services Pty Ltd (No 2) [2023] ACTSC 61
Citation 42 (Para 1)

…sation or indulgence of the Court will normally be ordered to pay costs, even if relief is granted over the other party’s opposition: Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 157; Theodorelos v Nexus Projects Pty Ltd [2009] ACTSC 149 at [32] (Refshauge J).…
Ezekiel-Hart v Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory (No 2) [2012] ACTSC 135
Citation 43 (Para 1)

…, whether or not that party is ultimately successful in the proceedings, as Beaumont J, with whom Kelly J agreed on this point, said in Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 157. Thus, for example, a party seeking an amendment to pleadings will ordinarily be ordered to pay the costs of the application to amend and of t…
Hamilton v Australian Capital Territory [2011] ACTSC 45
Citation 44

…0] WASCA 167 US Fidelity & Guaranty Co v Boland [1957] OWN 237 Bruce v Odhams Press Ltd [1936] 1 KB 697 Weldon v Neal (1887) 19 QBD 394 Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 Meredith v Commonwealth of Australia [2009] ACTSC 168 Brickfield Properties Ltd v Newton [1971] 1 WLR 862 Dye v Griffin Coal Mining Co Pty Ltd (1998)…
Mary Ellen Meaney v Commonwealth of Australia [2003] ACTSC 77
Citation 45 (Para 5)

…ut merely particularises the existing cause of action further, it may be permitted notwithstanding the expiry of the limitation period: Golski v Kirk (1987) 72 ALR 443 per Kelly J at 451; Beaumont J at 455; and Ryan J at 457: followed in Phillips v Ward’s Mercantile Agency Pty Limited [1988] ACTSC 72, unreported, pe…
Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd v National Competition Council [1999] FCA 1078
Citation 46 (Para 14)

…party seeking leave (Robe and the seventh respondent): Steward v North Metropolitan Tramways Company (1886) 16 QBD 556 at 558; and Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143 at 157. I see no reason to depart from the ordinary rule in this case. Again, in the course of final addresses, on 28 April, Senior Counsel for Robe rais…
Aviacion Colombiana Limitada Aviaco Ltda v Commonwealth of Australia [1994] FCA 39
Citation 47

…Golski v Kirk (1987) 72 ALR 443…
Effem Foods Pty Ltd v Trawl Industries of Australia Pty Ltd [1993] FCA 488
Citation 48

…Golski v. Fink (1987) 14 FCR 143…
Opal Packaging Australia Pty Ltd v Orora Ltd (No 2) [2024] VSC 108
Citation 49 (Para 1)

…sts of the application, whether or not it succeeds.[3] [3]Referring to GE Dal Pont, Law of Costs (LexisNexis, 5 th ed, 2021) [14.37]; Golski v Kirk (1987) 14 FCR 143, 157; Presbyterian Church (NSW) Property Trust v Scots Church Development Ltd (No 2) [2007] NSWSC 797, [6].…
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Citation 50 (Para 1)

…eking an indulgence to pay the costs of the application, especially where, as here, the application throws up a difficult legal question.”[4] [3] (1987) 14 FCR 143. [4] Ibid 157.…

Cases Cited

Statutory Material Cited

Renowden v McMullin [1970] HCA 24
Citation 1

…Renowden v. McMullin (1970) 123 CLR 584…
Anchor Products Ltd v Hedges [1966] HCA 70
Citation 2

…Anchor Products Limited v. Hedges (1966) 115 CLR 493…
Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd [1963] UKHL 4
Citation 3

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Hotson v East Berkshire Area Health Authority [1988] UKHL 1
Citation 4

…The claim now made is different, in principle and in point of timing, from the claim originally made. Negligently failing to warn of the possibility of physical damage being caused if surgery is undergone is a different thing from negligently causing physical damage in carrying out the surgical proc…
McMullan v Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co [1933] UKHL 4
Citation 5

…It was to paragraph 5 that the plaintiff sought to append the additional particulars which are the subject of this appeal. It will be seen that the pleader has himself chosen to dissect the duty of care owed by the late Dr. Golski to the plaintiff, and to confine the cause of action to one for negli…

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