Da Silva v Rosas Construtores

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judge: Mr Justice David Keane
• Judgment Date: 15 April 2016
• Neutral Citation: [2016] IEHC 195
• Date: 15 April 2016
• Court: High Court
• Docket Number: [2012 No. 2012/9535P] [2012 No. 9537P] [2012 No. 9538P]

BETWEEN

JOSE MONTERIRO DA SILVA, NUNO PERDRO GONCALVES LOPES, DAVID SARAIVA MATIAS, ANTONIO BARBOSA MOREIRA, JOSE FRANCISCO OLIVEIRA DA SILVA, JORGE DA SILVA LUIS, JOSE TEXEIRA GONCALVES, ANTONIO JORGE OLIVEIRA BESSA, FRANCISCO DA COSTA FERRIERA, JOSE LUIS FREITAS LIMA

PLAINTIFFS

AND

ROSAS CONSTRUTORES S.A., CONSTRUCOES GABRIEL A.S. COUTO S.A. & EMPRESA DECONSTRUCOES AMANDIO CARVALHO S.A. trading under the style and title of RAC CONTRACTORS

and/or

RAC EIRE PARTNERSHIP

DEFENDANTS

BETWEEN

CARLOS MANUEL MIRANDA, ALFREDO MARTINS RODRIGUES FERNANDES, VICTOR MANUEL MARQUES DE OLIVEIRA, MARIA PIEDOSA RIBEIRO CARDOSA GASTALHO, FRANCISCO PEREIRA MARTINS, JOSE MARIA COEHLO BARBOSA, CARLOS JOSE LONGA

PLAINTIFFS

AND

ROSAS CONSTRUCTORES S.A., CONSTRUCOES GABRIEL A.S. COUTO S.A & EMPRESA DECONSTRUCOES AMANDIO CARVALHO S.A. all trading under the style and title of RAC CONTRACTORS

and/or

RAC EIRE PARTNERSHIP

BETWEEN

ARMANDO AGOSTINHO ALVES DA SILVA, ALVARO ABILIO QUEIROS COEHLO, HELDER FIGUEIREDO, MARIO AUGUSTO RAMALHO GASTALHO, SAMUEL FILIPE DA SILVA OLIVERIA, JOSE ANTONIO FONSECA RIBEIRO, ALBERTO BESSA LEITE, LUIS RODRIGUES DIAS MOURATO, JOSE DUARTE MAGALHAES, JOSE MARIA MARTINS VELOSO

PLAINTIFFS

AND

ROSAS CONSTRUTORES S.A., CONSTRUCOES GABRIEL A.S. COUTO S.A. & EMPRESA DECONSTRUCOES AMANDIO CARVALHO S.A. all trading under the style and title of RAC CONTRACTORS

and/or

RAC EIRE PARTNERSHIP

DEFENDANTS

[2016] IEHC 195

[2012 No. 2012/9535P]

[2012 No. 9537P]

[2012 No. 9538P]

THE HIGH COURT

Practice & Procedures – O. 99, r. 1 of the Rules of the Superior Courts (RSC) – Award of costs – Complexity and Success of case

Facts: Following the grant of damages by the Court to the plaintiffs for the breach of contract against the defendants, the plaintiff now sought an order for costs of those proceedings against the defendants under o. 99, r. 1 (3) of the (RSC). The defendants contended that the costs should not be awarded in favour of the plaintiffs as the case was a complex case requiring additional submissions on part of the defendants and that the plaintiffs did not succeed in every claim that they filed.

Mr Justice David Keane granted an order for costs in favour of the plaintiffs. The Court held that the claims of plaintiffs, on additional grounds, were brief and limited and other claims were not even pressed. The Court held that though the case took a little extra time, but it was a not a complex case as...