Tamaya Resources Limited (in liq) v Claymore Capital Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCA 637

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Tamaya Resources Limited (in liq) v Claymore Capital Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCA 637 Citation: Tamaya Resources Limited (in liq) v Claymore Capital Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCA 637

Parties: TAMAYA RESOURCES LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) ACN 071 349 249 and PHILIP CAMPBELL-WILSON IN HIS CAPACITY AS LIQUIDATOR OF TAMAYA RESOURCES LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) ACN 071 349 249 v CLAYMORE CAPITAL PTY LTD ACN 082 722 290

File number: NSD 1884 of 2011

Judge: FARRELL J

Date of judgment: 25 June 2015

Catchwords: COSTS – whether to award indemnity costs in relation to issue abandoned before hearing – whether to award indemnity costs for period following offer of compromise under r 25.14(3) of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) ("Rules") – whether to award costs in lump sum under r 40.02(b) of the Rules

Legislation: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 588FG(2) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 51A, 52 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 25.14(3), 39.06, 40.02(b)

Cases cited: Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (No 2) (1995) 57 FCR 119 Carey v Korda and Winterbottom (No 2) [2011] WASC 220 (S) Ferrier & Knight (as liquidators of Compass Airlines Pty Ltd) v Civil Aviation Authority (1994) 55 FCR 28 Ginos Engineers Pty Ltd v Autodesk Australia Pty Ltd (2008) 249 ALR 371; [2008] FCA 1051 Sony Entertainment (Australia) Limited v Smith (2005) 215 ALR 788; [2005] FCA 228 Tamaya Resources Limited (in liq) v Claymore Capital Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 357 Dal Pont G E, Law of Costs (3rd edition, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2013)