Visscher v Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 5) [2013] FCA 28

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Visscher v Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 5) [2013] FCA 28 Citation: Visscher v Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 5) [2013] FCA 28

Parties: TIMOTHY VISSCHER v TEEKAY SHIPPING (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD ACN 079 641 580

File number: NSD 308 of 2007

Judge: KATZMANN J

Date of judgment: 29 January 2013

Catchwords: COSTS – Indemnity costs – originating application dismissed – respondent made two offers of compromise – whether applicant's non-acceptance of offers was unreasonable

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 37M Federal Court Rules 1979 (Cth) O 23 rr 5(2), 11(6) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 1.03, 1.04, 25, 25.05, 25.14, 39.05, 40.01, 40.02

Cases cited: Futuretronics.com.au Pty Ltd v Graphix Labels Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 40 IFTC Broking Services Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2010) 268 ALR 1; [2010] FCAFC 31 Kooee Communications Pty Ltd v Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] FCAFC 141 Morgan v Johnson (1998) 44 NSWLR 578 Proctor v Jetway Aviation Pty Ltd [1984] 1 NSWLR 166 Port Kembla Coal Terminal v Bravurus Maritime Inc (No. 2) (2004) 212 ALR 281; [2004] FCA 1437 Sagacious Legal Pty Ltd v Wesfarmers General Insurance Ltd [2011] FCAFC 53 Visscher v Giudice (2009) 239 CLR 361 Visscher v Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 1 Visscher v Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] FCA 278 Visscher v Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd (2011) 198 FCR 575 Visscher v Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2012] FCA 212 Visscher v Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 4) [2012] FCA 1247 MacAdam A and Pyke J, Judicial Reasoning and the Doctrine of Precedent in Australia (Butterworths, 1998)