Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Walker v New South Wales Bar Association (No 2) [2016] FCA 1051 File number: NSD 1060 of 2015
Judge: BESANKO J
Date of judgment: 30 August 2016
Catchwords: COSTS – whether applicant should have to pay multiple sets of costs – where second and third respondents indemnified by first respondent - where respondents had similar interests but separate representation – where there was a possibility of a conflict between the respondents COSTS – whether third respondent entitled to indemnity costs following an offer of compromise – whether terms of offer sufficiently certain – whether offer involved an element of compromise
Cases cited: Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club Ltd v News Ltd [2001] FCA 384 Statham v Shephard (No 2) (1974) 23 FLR 244 Walker v New South Wales Bar Association [2016] FCA 799 Dal Pont GE, Law of Costs (3rd ed LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, 2013)
Date of hearing: Heard on the papers
Date of last submissions: 28 July 2016
Registry: New South Wales
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Regulator and Consumer Protection
Category: Catchwords
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