Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
MMD Design and Consultancy Limited v Camco Engineering Pty Ltd (No 2) [2023] FCA 1416 File number: VID 340 of 2020
Judgment of: ROFE J
Date of judgment: 16 November 2023
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – costs – where the respondent was largely successful in defending the proceeding – the form the costs order should take – whether costs should be discounted in light of the parties' mixed success at trial – whether indemnity costs should be ordered following a Calderbank offer on seventh day of trial
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth)
Cases cited: Alexander v Australian Community Pharmacy Authority (No 3) [2010] FCA 506 Anchorage Capital Partners Pty Ltd v ACPA Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCAFC 112 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Black on White [2002] FCA 1605 Brymount Pty Ltd t/as Watson Toyota v Cummins (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 69 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Damorgold Pty Ltd v Blindware Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCA 364 Davies v Lazer Safe Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCA 971 Dometic Australia Pty Ltd v Houghton Leisure Products Pty Ltd (No 2) [2019] FCA 57 Dukemaster Pty Ltd v Bluehive Pty Ltd [2003] FCAFC 1 Fyna Foods Australia Pty Ltd v Cobannah Holdings Pty Ltd (No 2) [2004] FCA 1212 GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Investments (Ireland) (No 2) Ltd v Generic Partners Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCAFC 100 Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (No 2) [2005] VSCA 298; (2005) 13 VR 435 Hockey v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 2) (2015) 237 FCR 127 Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC v Gilead Sciences Pty Ltd (No 2) (2018) FCAFC 7 MMD Design and Consultancy Limited v Camco Engineering Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 1803 MMD Design and Consultancy Limited v Camco Engineering Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 827 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Quaker Chemical (Australasia) Pty Ltd v Fuchs Lubricants (Australasia) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2020] FCA 515 Sandvik Intellectual Property AB v Quarry Mining & Construction Equipment Pty Ltd (No 2) (2017) FCAFC 158 TCT Group Pty Ltd v Polaris IP Pty Ltd (No 2) [2023] FCA 284 University of Western Australia v Gray (No 21) (2008) 249 ALR 360 Wills v Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Skills Quality Authority (Costs) [2022] FCAFC 43
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