Jamie Durie digs in for fight over $750,000 contract dispute Jamie Durie has made an application to have his legal costs paid for if he wins a $750,000 contract dispute with a former business partner. Picture: Chris Pavlich Source: The Sunday Telegraph CELEBRITY gardener Jamie Durie has applied to have his former business partner pay his legal costs if he wins a $750,000 contract dispute. Durie made an application in the Supreme Court on Tuesday for a security of costs motion against Michael Curnow. Mr Curnow, who worked in the Mona Vale office of Durie's landscape and interior design business, is suing Durie in a claim worth more than three quarters of a million dollars. It is understood Mr Curnow's claim relates to a breach of contract. Durie has indicated he will fight the claim which relates to allegedly unpaid monies. The pair worked together for four years before falling out. In court Durie's barrister Daniel Neggo made an application to force Mr Curnow to pay legal costs if the celebrity gardener wins the case. Security for costs laws aim to prevent pointless court actions being launched. The court also heard that Mr Curnow had issued a demand to Durie for financial records. Mr Curnow is believed to have ended his tenure as group business manager in February. The Sunday Telegraph understands Mr Curnow worked on a contract basis and was not employed full-time. Durie has won seven Logies and has appeared on lifestyle shows around the world. He made his name on Australian television's long-running garden show, Backyard Blitz. Durie is now based on Sydney's northern beaches and focused on his design company. The matter will return to court in July. Durie's latest legal drama follows another similar case that was ultimately tossed out of a US court last October, after he was sued by his former talent manager Lance Reynolds. Mr Reynolds claimed he deserved an "executive producer" credit and compensation for introducing Durie to Oprah Winfrey - among other high-powered executives - dating back to 2006. Mr Reynolds claimed in 2011 that he helped Durie achieve that fame and helped land his show, The Outdoor Room, on HGTV. The case was dismissed due to insufficient documentation.