Jamal v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2020] NSWDC 544

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jamal v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2020] NSWDC 544 Hearing dates: On the papers Defendant's Written Submissions – 31 July 2020 Plaintiff's Written Submissions – 14 August 2020 Date of orders: 18 September 2020 Decision date: 18 September 2020 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Hatzistergos DCJ Decision: The Defendant to pay the Plaintiff's costs. Catchwords: COSTS – Where Defendant has provided an offer of compromise – Where judgment more favourable than the offer – Whether costs should ordinarily follow the event Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 62, 63, 98 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW), s 99 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rules 20.6, 42.1, 42.15, 42.32 Cases Cited: Alamdo Holdings Pty Limited v Australian Window Furnishings (NSW) Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 7 Calderbank v Calderbank [1976] Fam 93; [1975] 3 All ER 333 FDC Constructions & Fitout Pty Ltd v Condensing Vaporises Australia Pty Ltd (t/as RJ Tinker and Son) [2013] NSWSC 1073 Halsey v Milton Keynes General NHS Trust; Steel v Joy [2004] 4 All ER 920 Jamal v State of New South Wales [2020] NSWDC Jones v Sutton (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 203 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 O'Neill v Williams & anors (costs) [2007] NSWSC 51 Sanders v Snell (No 2) (2000) 174 ALR 53 University of New South Wales International House Ltd v University of New South Wales (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 306 Category: Costs Parties: Jon Jamal (Plaintiff) State of New South Wales (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms L. Goodchild (Plaintiff) Ms E. Bathurst (Defendant)