Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Bitek Pty Ltd v IConnect Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 506 Citation: Bitek Pty Ltd v IConnect Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 506
Parties: BITEK PTY LTD ACN 084 308 207 v ICONNECT PTY LTD ACN 129 382 341 and ABEDEL-GUNE CHAKIELLI
File number: VID 1249 of 2011
Judge: KENNY J
Date of judgment: 17 May 2012
Catchwords: COSTS – indemnity costs – party and party costs –Federal Court Rules – rule 40.02(b) – lump sum costs – circumstances that warrant lump sum costs – evasion of service – failure to attend directions hearing – failure to co-operate in the progress of the litigation – failure to comply with court orders – principles for fixing lump sum costs.
Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth)
Cases cited: Ruddock v Vadarlis (No 2) (2001) 115 FCR 229 Colgate-Palmolive Company v Cussons Pty Limited (1993) 46 FCR 225 Re Wilcox: Ex parte Venture Industries Pty Ltd (No 2) (1996) 72 FCR 151 Bitek Pty Ltd v IConnect Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 133 Hamod v New South Wales (2002) 188 ALR 659 Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (No 2) (1995) 57 FCR 119 Su v Australian Fisheries Management Authority (No 3) [2008] FCA 2018 Dunstan v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (No 3) [2006] FCA 916 Smart Company Pty Ltd (in liq) v Clipsal Australia Pty Ltd (No 7) [2011] FCA 1359 Keen v Telstra Corporation Ltd (No 2) [2006] FCA 930 Hadid v Lenfest Communications Inc [2000] FCA 628 Hamod v State of New South Wales and Anor [2011] NSWCA 375 Canvas Graphics Pty Ltd v Kodak (Australasia) Ptd Ltd [1998] FCA 23 Harrison v Schipp (2002) 54 NSWLR 738 Auspine Ltd v Australian Newsprint Mills Ltd (1999) 93 FCR 1
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