Sydney Equine Coaches Pty Ltd v Gorst [2017] FCAFC 34

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Sydney Equine Coaches Pty Ltd v Gorst [2017] FCAFC 34 Appeal from: Gorst v Sydney Equine Coaches Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 1067

File number: NSD 1616 of 2016

Judges: RARES, FLICK AND BROMWICH JJ

Date of judgment: 2 March 2017

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – costs – costs on an indemnity basis – offer of compromise in an amount greater than the amount of consent order for damages – whether primary judge erred in exercise of discretion by ordering under r 1.35 of Federal Court Rules 2011 inconsistently with r 25.14(1)(b) that indemnity costs not be payable – appeal dismissed

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Pt VB, ss 37M, 37N, 43 Federal Court Rules 1979 (Cth) O 23 r 11 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) Pt 25, rr 1.34, 1.35, 25.14

Cases cited: Anchorage Capital Partners Pty Ltd v ACPA Pty Ltd (No 4) [2016] FCA 218 Elecspess Pty Ltd v LED Technologies Pty Ltd [2013] FCAFC 116, (2013) 215 FCR 95 FAI General Insurance Co Ltd v Southern Cross Exploration NL (1988) 165 CLR 268 Gorst v Sydney Equine Coaches Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 1067 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Knight v FP Special Assets Ltd (1992) 174 CLR 178 Lodestar Anstalt v Campari America LLC (No 2) [2016] FCAFC 118 Mansfield v Director of Public Prosecutions (WA) (2006) 226 CLR 486 Owners of the Ship "Shin Kobe Maru" v Empire Shipping Co Inc (1994) 181 CLR 404 Port Kembla Coal Terminal Ltd v Braverus Maritime Inc (No 2) [2004] FCA 1437, (2004) 212 ALR 281 The Queen v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal; Ex parte 2HD Pty Ltd (1979) 144 CLR 45 Visscher v Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] FCAFC 19