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\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid12199910 a limited liability company having its registered office at Suva
\par Plaintiff
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\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid12199910 1st Defendant
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\par 2nd Defendant
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\par Counsel for the Plaintiff:}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 Mr. Siddarth Nandan 
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid12199910 Counsel for the Defendants:}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917\charrsid12199910  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid12199910 Mr. J. Sharma

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\par Date of Hearing & Judgment:}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917\charrsid12199910  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid12199910 23 February 2004}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917\charrsid12199910 

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This matter comes before the court by way of Notice of Motion for dismissal for want of prosecution.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 
The counsel for the defendants raises by way of a preliminary issue that the plaintiff is precluded from being heard on the Notice of Motion as it is in contempt of the court due to its failure to comply with the order of the court of the 26}{
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\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 That order was, relevantly, that the plaintiff pay the defendants\rquote  costs of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00).
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\par Counsel for the plaintiff submits that no obligation is cast upon the plaintiff to comply with the order of the court unless or until a sealed copy of the order is served on it and maintains that no sealed order was served.
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\par It is clear from the court file that the plaintiff was by at least the 16}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 th}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 
 December 2002 aware of the order of the court requiring payment of the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00) by way of costs.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917  }{
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\par In support of the Notice of Motion, the defendants rely upon the affidavit of Suresh Pratap sworn on 13 June 2003 which affidavit in paragraph 5 recites the order of the court of the 26}{
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\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 The plaintiff in response to the notice of motion, relies upon an affidavit not of a representative of a plaintiff but of a person from t
he office of counsel for the plaintiff, Abdul Islam.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 That affidavit in paragraph 6 admits the terms of the order of the 26}{
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 of August 2002 and further in paragraph 6(d) confirms that he was aware of the order of the court from enquiry of the registry.
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\par Counsel for the plaintiff acknowledges that the costs as ordered have not been paid.
\par 
\par Counsel for the defendants refers the court to }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 Hadkinson v Hadkinson 1952 Vol. 2 C.A. p. 567 and particularly at page 569}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12199910 
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\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 The uncompromising nature of this obligation is shown by the fact that it extends even to cases where the person affected by an order believes is to be irregular or even void.}{
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Chuck v. Cremer (1) (1 Coop, temp. Cott. 342).\'94
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\par I am also referred to the decision of the High Court of Fiji in }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 Postulka v Postulka}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 
 where Fatiaki J. said at page 85 after quoting from }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 Hadkinson v Hadkinson}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917 :}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 -
\par 
\par }\pard \s15\ql \li720\ri720\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin720\lin720\itap0\pararsid9576917 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 \'93
The question of whether or not the respondent, who is in contempt of this court\rquote s order, should be heard on his motion to vary or discharge the interim maintenance order
 of the court, is clearly a matter of discretion for the court to be exercised having regard to whether the continued contempt of the respondent is such as to impede the course of justice or arose due to the fault of misfortune of the respondent.\'94

\par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9576917 {\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 
\par When one looks at the court file and the history of this matter and that the cause of the costs being ordered was the failure of the counsel for the plaintiff to appear on its summons to have the matter listed for trial and that it wasn\rquote 
t until April of the following year that a Notice of Intention to Proceed was filed in the court and that the costs as ordered in August 2002 still remain outstanding in February 2004.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917  }{
\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 It is difficult to conclude that the failure arose due to the misfortune of the respondent.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917  }{
\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 It is difficult not to conclude that it arose due to the fault of the plaintiff.
\par 
\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 Why therefore should the discretion not be exercised in favour of the defendant and against the plaintiff in the circumstances of this matter?
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 
\par Relying on the authorities to which I referred, and not having been referred to any authority to the contrary, it appears to me that the plaintiff is indeed in contempt of the court\rquote s order of 26}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 th}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917  August 2002 in that he has failed to pay the costs ordered to be paid at that time and theref
ore should not be heard until such time as that contempt is purged.
\par 
\par That being so I am then urged by the defendant to proceed and hear the notice of motion on the basis of the evidence of the defendant alone and this I do and accordingly I grant the motion.
\par 
\par The Orders of the court therefore will be: -
\par 
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\s15 \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 1.\tab}}\pard \s15\ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta .}}
\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12199910 {\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 That the plaintiffs claim against the 1}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 st}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917  defendant is dismissed for want of prosecution;
\par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9576917 {\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\s15 \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 2.\tab}}\pard \s15\ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta .}}
\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12199910 {\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 That the plaintiff pays the defendants\rquote  costs, assessed in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00).}
{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917 
\par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12199910 {\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917 
\par }\pard \s15\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12199910 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid12199910 JOHN CONNORS
\par }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid12199910 JUDGE}{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917\charrsid12199910 
\par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12199910 {\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576917\charrsid12199910 
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid12199910 AT LAUTOKA
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11229234\charrsid9576917 23 FEBRUARY 2004
\par }}