Salama v Sydney Trains (No 2) [2021] FCA 1200

Federal Court of Australia

Salama v Sydney Trains (No 2) [2021] FCA 1200 File number(s): NSD 1977 of 2017

Judgment of: BURLEY J

Date of judgment: 6 October 2021

Catchwords: COSTS – application for costs order under s 570 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) – where respondents made numerous Calderbank offers – whether applicant acted unreasonably – whether costs should be awarded on party/party or indemnity basis – costs awarded on party/party basis

Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 361 and 570 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 1.37

Cases cited: Augusta Ventures Ltd v Mt Arthur Coal Pty Ltd [2020] FCAFC 194 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Colgate-Palmolive Pty Ltd (No 5) [2021] FCA 246 Australian workers Union v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (No 2) [2013] FCAFC 23; 232 FCR 428 Brosnan v Katke [2016] FCAFC 156 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 2 All ER 333 Celand v Skycity Adelaide Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 222; 256 FCR 306 Commonwealth of Australia v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2003] FCAFC 115; 129 FCR 271 Perkins v Grace Worldwide (AUST) Pty Ltd [1997] IRCA 15; 72 IR 186 Ryan v Primesafe [2015] FCA 8; 323 ALR 107 Sabapathy v Jetstar Airways (No 2) [2021] FCAFC 68 Salama v Sydney Trains [2021] FCA 251 Saxena v PPF Asset Management Ltd [2011] FCA 395 Shea v TRUenergy Services Pty Ltd (No 6) [2014] FCA 271; 242 IR 1 Stratton Finance Pty Ltd v Webb [2014] FCAFC 110; 314 ALR 166 Trustee for The MTGI Trust v Johnston (No 2) [2016] FCAFC 190 Western Union Business Solutions (Australia) Pty Ltd v Robinson [2019] FCAFC 181; 272 FCR 547