Koolan Iron Ore Pty Ltd v Infrassure Ltd (No 4) [2024] FCA 894

Federal Court of Australia

Koolan Iron Ore Pty Ltd v Infrassure Ltd (No 4) [2024] FCA 894 File number: WAD 399 of 2018

Judgment of: JACKSON J

Date of judgment: 12 August 2024

Catchwords: COSTS - trial of numerous issues - parties each enjoyed some degree of success - whether issues sufficiently separate - to what degree each party successful - respondent more successful and also successful on dominant issue - applicant to pay 70% of respondent's costs COSTS - indemnity costs - applicant's rejection of respondent's Calderbank offer not unreasonable - costs payable on a party-party basis

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 43 Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) s 57 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 25.01

Cases cited: Anchorage Capital Partners Pty Ltd v ACPA Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCAFC 112 Clipsal Australia Pty Ltd v Clipso Electrical Pty Ltd (No 4) [2017] FCA 436 Commonwealth of Australia v Gretton [2008] NSWCA 117 Cretazzo v Lombardi (1975) 13 SASR 4 Dodds Family Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Industries Pty Ltd (1993) 26 IPR 261 Evans Deakin Pty Ltd v Sebel Furniture Ltd [2003] FCA 282 Griffith v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 145 Howards Storage World Pty Ltd v Haviv Holdings Pty Ltd [2010] FCAFC 5; (2010) 182 FCR 84 Hughes v Western Australian Cricket Association (Inc) (1986) ATPR 40-748 Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC v Gilead Sciences Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCAFC 7 Koolan Iron Ore Pty Ltd v Infrassure Ltd (No 2) [2023] FCA 1654 Speets Investment Pty Ltd v Bencol Pty Ltd (No 2) [2021] QCA 39 Strzelecki Holdings Pty Ltd v Jorgensen [2019] WASCA 96; (2019) 54 WAR 388 Taleb v GM Holden Limited [2011] FCAFC 168 Turkmani v Visvalingam (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 279 University of Western Australia v Gray (No 21) [2008] FCA 1056