Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Harcourts WA Pty Ltd v Roy Weston Nominees Pty Ltd (No 6) [2016] FCA 1492 File numbers: SAD 224 of 2012 WAD 167 of 2013
Judge: MCKERRACHER J
Date of judgment: 9 December 2016
Catchwords: COSTS – application for indemnity costs – considerations relevant to application for indemnity costs following offers of compromise under Federal Court Rules 2011 and pursuant to Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 – admissibility of settlement offers – whether imprudent refusal of settlement offers – whether appropriate to depart from usual order as to costs due to conduct of successful party
Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 131(2)(h) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 37M, 37N, 43(1), 53B Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) s 100
Cases cited: Ann Street Mezzanine Pty Ltd v KPMG [2011] FCA 453 Australian Postal Corporation v Digital Post Australia Pty Ltd (No 3) [2012] FCA 1049 Azzi v Volvo Car Australia Pty Ltd (2007) 71 NSWLR 140 Bruinsma v Menczer (1995) 40 NSWLR 716 Colgate Palmolive Co v Cussons Pty Ltd (1993) 46 FCR 225 Commissioner of Taxation v AusNet Transmission Group Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCAFC 124 Dr Martens Australia Pty Ltd v Figgins Holdings Pty Ltd (No 2) [2000] FCA 602 Finishing Services Pty Ltd v Lactos Fresh Pty Ltd [2007] FCAFC 15 Harcourts WA Pty Ltd v Roy Weston Nominees Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] FCA 107 Harcourts WA Pty Ltd v Roy Weston Nominees Pty Ltd (No 3) [2014] FCA 133 Harcourts WA Pty Ltd v Roy Weston Nominees Pty Ltd (No 4) [2016] FCA 138; (2016) 116 IPR 269 Harcourts WA Pty Ltd v Roy Weston Nominees Pty Ltd (No 5) [2016] FCA 983 Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Workcover Authority (Vic) (No 2) (2005) 13 VR 435 Nobrega v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Archdiocese of Sydney (No 2) [1999] NSWCA 133 Pinot Nominees Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2009) 181 FCR 392 Solahart Industries Pty Ltd v Solar Shop Pty Ltd (2011) 281 ALR 544 Verna Trading Pty Ltd v New India Assurance Co Ltd [1991] 1 VR 129
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