Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Coshott v Burke (No 3) [2019] FCAFC 23 Appeal from: Fewin Pty Ltd v Burke (No 3) [2017] FCA 693
File number: NSD 1137 of 2017
Judges: LOGAN, KERR AND FARRELL JJ
Date of judgment: 14 February 2019
Catchwords: COSTS – applications for lump sum costs on an indemnity basis – whether costs should be fixed in a lump sum – whether circumstances justify the exercise of the Court's discretion to award costs on an indemnity basis – where appellants' conduct caused additional costs – costs awarded as a lump sum – appropriate discount to be applied to lump sum in the circumstances
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), ss 37M, 43 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), r 40.02, Schs 1, 3
Cases cited: Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (No 2) [1995] FCA 350; 57 FCR 119 Bobb v Wombat Securities Pty Ltd (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 863 Canvas Graphics Pty Ltd v Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 23 Coshott v Burke [2017] FCAFC 230 Coshott v Burke (No 2) [2018] FCAFC 81 Coshott v Prentice (No 2) [2018] FCAFC 1 Cristovao v Tan & Tan Lawyers Pty Ltd [2018] FCAFC 41; 16 ABC(NS) 123 Dunstan v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (No 3) [2006] FCA 916 Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd [1988] FCA 364; 81 ALR 397 Hamod v New South Wales [2002] FCA 424; 188 ALR 659 Hancock v Rinehart (Lump sum costs) [2015] NSWSC 1640 Harrison v Schipp [2002] NSWCA 213; 54 NSWLR 738 Huang v Drumm [2017] NSWSC 1006 Hudson v Sigalla (No 2) [2017] FCA 339 In the matter of Palladium Consulting Pty Limited [2013] NSWSC 92 Julien v Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (No 2) [2009] FCA 1259 Keen v Telstra Corporation Ltd (No 2) [2006] FCA 930 LFDB v SM (No 2) [2017] FCAFC 207 Melbourne City Investments Pty Ltd v Treasury Wines Estates Ltd (No 2) [2017] FCAFC 116 Paciocco v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (No 2) [2017] FCAFC 146; 253 FCR 403 Starr-Diamond v Diamond (No 4) [2013] NSWSC 811 Su v Australian Fisheries Management Authority (No 3) [2008] FCA 2018 Webster v Super Smart Strategies Pty Ltd (No 3) [2017] NSWSC 930
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