Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
BHPB Freight Pty Ltd v Cosco Oceania Chartering Pty Ltd (No 4) [2009] FCA 1448
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – judgment in foreign currency – when appropriate to award damages for breach of warranty of authority in foreign currency – date for conversion to Australian currency – interest on judgment in foreign currency – applicable rate based on rate for borrowing foreign currency in the foreign market COSTS – entitlement to indemnity costs following refusal of "Calderbank offer" – where terms of offer are ambiguous COSTS – Bullock order – Sanderson order – where joinder of successful defendant was reasonable – form of costs order at court's discretion ANZ Banking Group Ltd v Cawood [1987] 1 Qd R 131 cited BHPB Freight Pty Ltd v Cosco Oceania Chartering Pty Ltd (No 3) [2009] FCA 1087 referred to Calderbank v Calderbank [1976] Fam 93 cited Federal Commerce and Navigation Co Ltd v Tradax Export SA (The Martha Envoy) [1977] QB 324 cited Gould v Vaggelas (1985) 157 CLR 215 cited In re United Railways of Havana and Regla Warehouses Ltd [1961] AC 1007 not followed Jean Kraut A.G v Albany Fabrics [1977] QB 182 cited Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurenburg AG v Altikar Pty Ltd (1984) 3 NSWLR 152 cited Miliangos v George Frank (Textiles) Ltd (No 2) [1977] QB 489 followed Miliangos v George Frank (Textiles) Ltd [1976] AC 443 followed Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd v The Ship Mineral Transporter [1983] 2 NSWLR 564 cited Namol Pty Ltd v AW Baulderstone Pty Ltd (No 2) (1993) 47 FCR 388 cited Neuchatel Swiss General Insurance Co v Vlasons Shipping Inc [2001] VSCA 25 cited Schorsch Meier GmbH v Hennin [1975] QB 416 cited State of New South Wales v Swiss Bank Corporation (2001) 39 NSWLR 350 cited State of Victoria v Hovarth [2003] VSCA 24 cited Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee v Gibson [2000] NSWCA 179 cited Stroms Bruks Aktie Bolog v Hutchison [1905] AC 515 cited Swiss Bank Corporation v State Bank of New South Wales (1993) 33 NSWLR 63 cited The Arpad [1934] P 189 cited The Despina R [1979] AC 685 cited The Folias [1979] AC 685, 699 considered Vlasons Shipping Inc v Neuchatel Swiss General Insurance Co Ltd (No 2) [1998] VSC 135 cited Westpac Banking Corp v MV 'Stone Gemini' [1999] FCA 917 cited
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