Belflora Pty Ltd v Vinflora Pty Ltd and Anor [2020] NSWSC 1374

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Belflora Pty Ltd v Vinflora Pty Ltd and Anor [2020] NSWSC 1374 Hearing dates: 6 October 2020 Decision date: 09 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity - Expedition List Before: Sackar J Decision: See paras 37-39 Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — Bases of quantification — Whether indemnity costs should be ordered — Whether the plaintiff had engaged in relevant delinquency — Whether case unmeritorious COSTS — Party/Party — Bases of quantification — Whether indemnity costs should be ordered — Where one Calderbank offer and one Offer of Compromise/Calderbank offer made — Whether rejection of Calderbank offer unreasonable — Whether court should "order otherwise" under UCPR 42.15A — Where no reason or explanation provided as to why plaintiff should compromise its claim — Where the plaintiff succeeded on two of three issues but ultimately lost the case Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 98 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 20.26, 42.15A Cases Cited: Barakat v Bazdarova [2012] NSWCA 140 Belflora Pty Ltd v Vinflora Pty Ltd and Anor [2020] NSWSC 1229 Dunstan v Rickwood (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 266 Favotto Family Restaurants Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 519 Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 397 Leach v The Nominal Defendant (QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd) (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 391 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 LGS v Barbagallo [2013] NSWSC 68 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Sydney City Council v Geftlick and Ors [2006] NSWCA 280 Zhou v Xie [2020] NSWSC 1367 Ziegler atf Doris Gayst Testamentary Trust v Cenric Group Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 85 Texts Cited: n/a Category: Costs Parties: Belflora Pty Ltd (plaintiff) Vinflora Pty Ltd (first defendant) Vamsi Nagendra Babu Uppalapti (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: D Allen (plaintiff) J Simpkins (first and second defendants)